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NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO
Incidence of skin cancers has been increasing since the last few decades worldwide. Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the commonest variety of cutaneous malignancy. Conventional wisdom has it that the incidence of all varieties of skin cancers is lower among Indians due to the protective effects of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430894 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74551 |
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description | Incidence of skin cancers has been increasing since the last few decades worldwide. Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the commonest variety of cutaneous malignancy. Conventional wisdom has it that the incidence of all varieties of skin cancers is lower among Indians due to the protective effects of melanin. Though national surveys and cross-country data in India are unavailable, there are indirect indications from several smaller reports that NMSCs may be on the rise in India. Reports of quite a few atypical cases lead us to hypothesize that factors other than ultraviolet radiation may be important in the occurrences of these cancers, particularly in the skin types prevalent in India. The descriptive epidemiology and clinical characteristics of squamous and basal cell carcinoma in India, including their variants, are discussed here along with hypotheses on their etiopathogenesis. Novel management techniques currently available in India are also highlighted. |
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spelling | pubmed-30513012011-03-22 NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO Panda, Saumya Indian J Dermatol Current Perspective Incidence of skin cancers has been increasing since the last few decades worldwide. Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the commonest variety of cutaneous malignancy. Conventional wisdom has it that the incidence of all varieties of skin cancers is lower among Indians due to the protective effects of melanin. Though national surveys and cross-country data in India are unavailable, there are indirect indications from several smaller reports that NMSCs may be on the rise in India. Reports of quite a few atypical cases lead us to hypothesize that factors other than ultraviolet radiation may be important in the occurrences of these cancers, particularly in the skin types prevalent in India. The descriptive epidemiology and clinical characteristics of squamous and basal cell carcinoma in India, including their variants, are discussed here along with hypotheses on their etiopathogenesis. Novel management techniques currently available in India are also highlighted. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3051301/ /pubmed/21430894 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74551 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Current Perspective Panda, Saumya NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO |
title | NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO |
title_full | NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO |
title_fullStr | NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO |
title_full_unstemmed | NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO |
title_short | NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN INDIA: CURRENT SCENARIO |
title_sort | nonmelanoma skin cancer in india: current scenario |
topic | Current Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051301/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430894 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74551 |
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