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(Created page with "<section begin="dermatology" /> * Second most common skin cancer * Risk factors ** Chronic sun exposure ** Precancerous lesions *** Actinic keratosis *** Bowen disease (SCC in situ) *** Leukoplakia ** Radiation ** Chronic scars, ulcers ** Arsenic, tar * Clinical features ** Painless, non-healing, bleeding ulcer or nodule ** Rapid growing ** On sun-exposed areas *** Face and neck *** Lower lip * Prognosis ** 5% risk of metastasis * Diagnosis ** Punch biopsy * Treatment **...")
 
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* Second most common skin cancer
* Epidemiology
** SCC accounts for 18% of all skin cancer
** Second most common skin cancer, after BCC
* Risk factors
* Risk factors
** Chronic sun exposure
** Chronic sun exposure
** Transplantation (transplant-related immunosuppression increases the risk 65-fold)
** Precancerous lesions
** Precancerous lesions
*** Actinic keratosis
*** Actinic keratosis
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*** Lower lip
*** Lower lip
* Prognosis
* Prognosis
** 5% risk of metastasis
** Low risk of metastasis (5%)
** Worse prognosis in transplant patients
* Diagnosis
* Diagnosis
** Punch biopsy
** Punch biopsy or after surgical excision
* Treatment
* Treatment
** Surgical excision with 5 mm safety border
** Surgery
** Radiation therapy
*** Surgical excision with 5 mm safety border
*** Primary treatment is almost all cases
** Radiotherapy
*** If surgery is not an option
*** As adjuvant therapy if high-risk features are discovered during pathological staging
** Immune therapy
*** For advanced SCC
*** Cemiplimab – anti-PD-1
** Alternatives for superficial and small SCCs
*** Cryosurgery
** Mohs micrographic surgery
** Mohs micrographic surgery
** For low-risk, small
** For low-risk, small SCC
*** Cryotherapy
*** Cryotherapy
*** Curettage
*** Curettage
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** Abdominal US
** Abdominal US
** Sun protection
** Sun protection
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[[Category:Dermatology]]

Latest revision as of 09:13, 14 August 2024

  • Epidemiology
    • SCC accounts for 18% of all skin cancer
    • Second most common skin cancer, after BCC
  • Risk factors
    • Chronic sun exposure
    • Transplantation (transplant-related immunosuppression increases the risk 65-fold)
    • Precancerous lesions
      • Actinic keratosis
      • Bowen disease (SCC in situ)
      • Leukoplakia
    • Radiation
    • Chronic scars, ulcers
    • Arsenic, tar
  • Clinical features
    • Painless, non-healing, bleeding ulcer or nodule
    • Rapid growing
    • On sun-exposed areas
      • Face and neck
      • Lower lip
  • Prognosis
    • Low risk of metastasis (5%)
    • Worse prognosis in transplant patients
  • Diagnosis
    • Punch biopsy or after surgical excision
  • Treatment
    • Surgery
      • Surgical excision with 5 mm safety border
      • Primary treatment is almost all cases
    • Radiotherapy
      • If surgery is not an option
      • As adjuvant therapy if high-risk features are discovered during pathological staging
    • Immune therapy
      • For advanced SCC
      • Cemiplimab – anti-PD-1
    • Alternatives for superficial and small SCCs
      • Cryosurgery
    • Mohs micrographic surgery
    • For low-risk, small SCC
      • Cryotherapy
      • Curettage
    • For metastasis
      • Chemotherapy
        • Platina
        • 5-FU
      • EGFR inhibitors – cetuximab
      • PD-1 inhibitor – cemeplimab
  • Follow-up
    • Physical examination
    • Regional ultrasound
    • Chest x-ray
    • Abdominal US
    • Sun protection