Research Article
A Profile and Three-Year Follow-Up of Patients with Basal Cell Carcinoma in the Western Cape, South Africa
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with BCC (Nā=ā149).
| Variable | Frequency, n | Percentage, % |
| Gender | Male | 83 | 55.7 | Female | 66 | 44.3 |
| Population group | White | 128 | 85.9 | Mixed ancestry | 18 | 12.1 | Black African | 1 | 0.7 | Indian/Asian | 1 | 0.7 | Not known | 1 | 0.7 |
| Risk factors | Chronic sun exposure | 8 | 5.4 | Immunosuppression | 5 | 3.4 | Site of prior radiation | 3 | 2.0 | Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) | 1 | 0.7 | Immunosuppression and OCA | 1 | 0.7 | Immunosuppression and previous psoralen ultraviolet a (PUVA) therapy | 1 | 0.7 | None | 29 | 19.5 | Not known | 101 | 67.8 |
| Previous history of skin cancer | Unspecified KC | 43 | 28.9 | Basal cell carcinoma | 24 | 16.1 | Squamous cell carcinoma | 4 | 2.7 | Cutaneous melanoma | 3 | 2.0 | KC and cutaneous melanoma | 8 | 5.4 | KC and other skin cancers | 2 | 1.3 | None | 11 | 7.4 | Not known | 54 | 36.2 |
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