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Table 1 Diagnosis and location of the biopsied or removed lesions and skin complexion of the patients

From: Digital photography in skin cancer screening by mobile units in remote areas of Brazil

Variable

Category

N (%)

Pathology*

Basal cell carcinoma

286 (78.5)

 

Squamous cell carcinoma

59 (16.2)

 

Melanoma

5 (1.4)

 

Other**

14 (3.8)

Site

Head and Neck

273 (75.0)

 

Trunk

28 (7.6)

 

Upper limbs

61 (16.7)

 

Lower limbs

2 (0.5)

Clinical stage***

0

11 (3.5)

 

I

280 (89.5)

 

II

21 (6.7)

 

III

1 (0.3)

 

IV

0 (0)

Skin type scale

1-2

295 (81)

 

3-4

69 (19)

 

5-6

0 (0)

  1. *52 lesions were confirmed to be benign by the biopsy; **Bowen’s disease, malignant trichoepithelioma and metatypical carcinoma; ***51 patients were not staged because they did not go to BCH for diagnostic follow-up.