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ArticleJournal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR2016

Changing Trends of Skin Cancer: A Tertiary Care Hospital Study in Malwa Region of Punjab.

Sonal Tina Lal, Raja Paramjeet Singh Banipal, Deepak John Bhatti, Hanuman Prasad Yadav

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Article in Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nanoemulsions in Skin Cancer Therapy: A Promising Frontier.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2025
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  2. South Asian journal of cancer · 2023
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  3. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Scalp: Our Experience in a Single Tertiary Care Centre.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sonal Tina LalAssistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, GGS Medical College and Hospital , Faridkot, Punjab, India .
Raja Paramjeet Singh BanipalAssociate Professor, Department of Radiotherapy, GGS Medical College and Hospital , Faridkot, Punjab, India .
Deepak John BhattiProfessor and Head, Department of Plastic Surgery, GGS Medical College and Hospital , Faridkot, Punjab, India .
Hanuman Prasad YadavProfessor and Head, Department of Radiotherapy, GGS Medical College and Hospital , Faridkot, Punjab, India .
Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSkin cancer constitutes a small but significant proportion of patients with cancer. Although the presence of eumelanin in dark skin is protective against the development of skin cancer, it is increasingly being diagnosed in the Indian population.

aimTo study the profile of skin cancer patients presenting to a tertiary hospital in Malwa area of Punjab, India. MATERIALS AND

methodsRetrospective study was done to analyse the profile of skin cancer patients who attended the institution over one year from 1(st) December 2013 to 30(th) November 2014. A comprehensive review of aetiology and related risk factors was done to correlate the environmental factors with high skin cancer prevalence in this region.

resultsSkin cancer constituted (3.18%) 84 out of 2638 patients registered with cancer of all types. The age of the patients was 62±14.2 years and ranged from 27 to 92 yrs. Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) was the most common histological type(46/84, 54.76%) followed by squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) (31/84, 36.91%) and malignant melanoma (MM) (7/84, 8.33%). Male: female ratio was found to be 0.79:1. BCC showed higher female preponderance (p<0.05). Head and Neck was the commonest site involved (p<0.05). Majority (88%) of patients were from rural area. 92% of patients were directly into the profession of agriculture with history of prolonged exposure to sunlight.

conclusionSkin cancer constitutes a small but significant proportion of patients with cancers. This study highlights a paradoxically increasing trend of BCC and female preponderance. Head and neck is the most common site involved. Exposure to Ultra Violet B (UVB) radiation and higher levels of arsenic in drinking water has been reported to be associated with skin cancers. Limited studies show that levels of arsenic and pesticides were higher in the samples of drinking water in Malwa area of Punjab. Therefore a multipronged strategy to provide safe drinking water supply and discouraging the indiscriminate use of pesticides is recommended.

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ArsenicBasal cell carcinomaSkin cancerUltraviolet radiation

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PMID27504344
PMCPMC4963704
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