Prognosis of Skin cancer in Hamadan, Iran (2008-2018)

Objective: Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the world. The study was aimed to determine the prognosis of skin cancer in Hamadan, Iran. Methods A cross- sectional study was conducted retrospectively at Sina Hospital in Hamadan, Iran. A total of 3276 cases that had been diagnosed with skin cancer from 2008 to 2018 were reviewed. The variables included early symptoms, location involved, metastasis, prognosis and treatments, were recorded in checklist. Results The mean age of the patients were 65.30 ± 14.6 years. The highest and lowest number of skin cancers were on the nose and trunk (29.3 and 3.3%). There was also no significant relationship between radiotherapy, invasion and treatment with skin cancer. The most common pathological type of skin cancers was Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC). The highest relative invasion was related to Melanoma (26.4%) and the lowest relative invasion was related to BCC (2.1%). The prognosis of skin cancer and 5-year survival rate of patients was 90.7%, respectively. Conclusion The most common age of the patients with skin cancer is in the seventh decade of life. The prognosis of patients with different types of skin cancers in this study was very good, indicating that it usually improves.