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Frequency of skin cancer and solar keratoses in a rural southern county as determined by population sampling
Author(s) -
ZagulaMally Z. W.,
William Rosenberg E.,
Kashgarian Mark
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197408)34:2<345::aid-cncr2820340219>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - medicine , dermatology , actinic keratoses , skin cancer , cancer , population , sampling (signal processing) , rural population , environmental health , basal cell , pathology , filter (signal processing) , computer science , computer vision
The frequency of skin cancer and solar keratoses in a rural Tennessee county was surveyed using techniques of cluster sampling. Trained nurses and dematologists interviewed and examined 978 Caucasian adults. of these, 16.3% were found to have solar keratoses (usually multiple), and 4.4% appeared to have skin cancers. There is no question that all discovered skin cancers require definitive treatment. The great number of discovered keratoses, however, raises questions about the practicality of their surgical treatment.