Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Distribution in the Russian Federation

• Published in: Dermatology (Basel) Vol. 237; no. 6; p. 1007
• Main Authors: Muntyanu, Anastasiya, Ghazawi, Feras M, Nedjar, Hacene, Rahme, Elham, Alakel, Akram, Zubarev, Andrei, Netchiporouk, Elena, Litvinov, Ivan V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland 01.11.2021
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Aged; Female; Humans; Incidence; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Russia - epidemiology; Sex Distribution; Skin Neoplasms - epidemiology; Skin Neoplasms - pathology; Survival Rate; Russia; Geographic clustering; Russian Federation; Epidemiology; Mortality; Incidence; Non-melanoma skin cancer

Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) incidence has been increasing steadily around the world. The aim of the study is to describe geographic trends in incidence and mortality of NMSC in Russia between 2007 and 2017 and compare findings to other European countries. We used geospatial analysis to map the i...