Epidemiologia do carcinoma basocelular e espinocelular em uma cidade no norte do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, de 2007 a 2015

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Abstract: Background: Skin cancer is not melanoma is frequent in Brazil, with increasing incidence. The city of Passo Fundo - RS has no data on the incidence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in the population. Objective: To determine the epidemiology of BCC and SCC in patients who were attended by the medical service of Passo Fundo - RS between january 1, 2007 and december 31, 2015. Methods: Observational epidemiological study in São Vicente de Paulo Hospitals and Passo Fundo City Hospital. The variables studied were BCC and SCC, histological subtype, sex, age, race, education, profession, diagnostic year. Results: A total of 1303 cases were identified, with 75.9% of cases of BCC and 24.1% of cases of SCC. The site of greatest involvement was one face with 59,5% of the diagnoses. The most common histological subtype was CBC and another collection (55,7% of diagnoses). The male sex was the most prevalent with 52.1% of the cases as well as the white race, with 98.6% of the cases. The peak age was between 60-69 years. The schooling with bigger cases was fundamental of teaching, in professions exposed to the sun. An analysis per 100 thousand inhabitants had its peak in 2015, with 122.49 cases. Conclusion: We observed the predominance of CBC of the SOE subtype, in men, elderly, white, on the face, with peak incidence in 2015, in professions exposed to the sun, in patients with low schooling.