Epidemiology of non-melanoma skin cancer in Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.29176/2590843X.277Keywords:
skin cancer, incidence, mortality, ColombiaAbstract
In the absence of epidemiological information on non-melanoma cancer in Colombia, both in official statistics and international registries, institutional data from two reference centers (Instituto Nacional de Cancerología and Centro Dermatológico Federico Lleras Acosta) were taken and processed to show the magnitude of this health problem. After analyzing the information we concluded that skin cancer is the most common malignant tumor in our country, being responsible for more than 20% of new diagnoses, and the most common non-melanoma cancer subtype, over 83%. The growing trend of non-melanoma cancer is evident as opposed to the institutional decrease of cutaneous melanoma. Integrating the above mentioned sources, about 1,230 new diagnoses of non-melanoma cases per year are made, about 6% of the national total. Researchers from the Centro Dermatológico Federico Lleras Acosta and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia established national rates of non-melanoma cancer, showing that for the period 2003-2007 it had increased from 19 to 34 cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year. Skin cancer mortality falls mainly in the melanoma subtype in the period 2004-2010, at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, with a mean of 29 deaths per year.
Author Biographies
Javier Cormane
Médico cirujano, magíster en Gobierno y Políticas Públicas; Director General, Centro Dermatológico Federico Lleras Acosta, E.S.E., Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
Alcides Rodelo
Médico, residente de tercer año de Dermatología, Facultad de Medicina, Fundación Universitaria Sanitas, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
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