Topical Curcumin-Based Cream Is Equivalent to Dietary Curcumin in a Skin Cancer Model

Table 1

Clinical and demographic patient characteristics.

	Total	Normal*	AK	SCC	BCC	P value
Gender**
Male	46	21	4	14	25	0.77***
Female	4	4	0	2	2
Race
White	49	24	4	15	27	0.57***
African American	1	1	0	1	0
Age
<60	17	13	1	7	7	0.44***
60–70	14	7	1	3	9
>70	19	5	2	6	11
Skin site
Nose	14	6	2	2	8	0.71***
Cheeks	14	7	0	8	6
Ear	9	5	1	1	5
Scalp and forehead	13	5	1	5	5
Other	7	4	0	2	3

*Normal skin samples were surgically obtained from uninvolved adjacent skin in patients undergoing resection for skin cancer.
**Some patients had more than one type of cancer and are counted in both groups.
***No significant difference in number of males and females, race, age, or skin site distribution per group by Fisher’s exact test.