Clinical Features and Prognosis of Young and Middle-Aged Adults With Skin Sebaceous Adenocarcinoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sebaceous adenocarcinoma (SAC) mostly occurs in the elderly, and SAC in young and middle-aged population is inadequately investigated.

Objective

To explore the clinical features and prognosis of young and middle-aged adults with SAC.

Materials and methods

Patients with skin SAC between ages 18 and 59 years from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database (1975-2016) were eligible for this study.

Results

Seven hundred thirty-nine cases were identified. The proportion of extraocular SAC in the nonelderly increased from 1975-2005 to 2006-2016 ( p = .001), male predominance was observed in overall patients whereas female predominance in Asian population, and young patients had more head and neck SAC than middle-aged patients ( p = .014). The

SUBMITTER: Wang F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9371062 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature