Clinical Study
Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Region in Ethnic Chinese
Table 1
A table comparing our results with other Asian and Caucasian populations.
| | Hong Kong (QMH)
| Singapore
| Japan
| Korea
| Australia
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| | Mean age (yrs) | 73.1 | 70.9 | 59.0 | 58.2 | 62.0 | | M:F | 0.70 | 0.95 | 0.97 | 0.90 | 1.13 | | Clinical features | Pigmented (76.2%) | Pigmented (63%) | Pigmented (75%) | Pigmented (55%) | Nonpigmented (93%) | | Ulcer (64.8%) | Ulcer (NA) | Nodule (NA) | Ulcer (NA) | Nodule (50%) | | Site | Nose (32.3%) | Nose (37.0%) | Nose (NA) | Nose (26.9%) | Nose (40.6%) |
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