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Cancer of the skin in blacks: A review of 128 patients with basal‐cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Mora Ricardo G.,
Burris Robert
Publication year - 1981
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(19810315)47:6<1436::aid-cncr2820470632>3.0.co;2-b
Subject(s) - medicine , basal cell carcinoma , basal cell , head and neck , basal (medicine) , skin cancer , cancer , carcinoma , pathology , dermatology , surgery , insulin
Basal cell carcinoma in black persons is generally believed to be rare, with cases only sporadically reported. Information about 148 basal cell carcinomas found in 128 black patients who were seen at Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, between 1948 and 1979, was reviewed. As in whites, most of the tumors occurred on the sun‐exposed areas of the head and neck.