Skin cancer in women of color: Epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations.

ABSTRACT: Malignant melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC), which include basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma, account for 40% of all neoplasms in white patients, making these cancers the most common malignancy in the United States. Given the large number of NMSC cases in white patients, there is a correspondingly large body of literature addressing various aspects of epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment. The incidence of both malignant melanoma and NMSC is well established and remains significantly lower in patients with skin of color (SoC) when compared with white patients. Although there is a lower incidence of skin cancer in SoC, there is often a poorer prognosis among this group. There is even more limited data focusing on women of color, making an accurate determination

SUBMITTER: Davis DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8072498 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature