Clinical Study
Prognostic Factors in Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Is Patient Delay in Hospital Visit a Predictor of Survival?
Table 1
Characteristics of the patients, given as mean ± standard deviation or no, (%) ().
| | Prognostic factor | Number (%) |
| | Sex, male (%) | 74 (63) | | Age (year) | | | Patient delay in hospital visit (year) | | | Tumour size (mm) | | | Lymph node metastasis | 12 (10.3) | | TNM stage (1) | | | Stage I | 56 (47.9) | | Stage II | 38 (32.5) | | Stage III | 17 (14.5) | | Stage IV | 6 (5.1) | | Radiation related | 3 (2.6) | | Rapid growth | 7 (6.0) | | Perineural invasion | 3 (2.6) | | Lymphovascular invasion | 3 (2.6) | | Degree of differentiation | | | Well | 67 (57.3) | | Moderate | 27 (23.1) | | Poor | 7 (6.0) | | Tumour site | | | Temporal head | 8 (6.8) | | Frontal head | 4 (3.4) | | Eye lid | 1 (0.9) | | Cheek | 24 (20.5) | | Ear | 10 (8.5) | | Nose | 4 (3.4) | | Lip | 5 (4.3) | | Upper extremities | 5 (4.3) | | Finger | 8 (6.8) | | Hand | 8 (6.8) | | Trunk | 6 (5.1) | | Lower extremities | 19 (16.2) | | Planter of the foot | 3 (2.6) | | Dorsum of the foot | 3 (2.6) | | Heel | 2 (1.7) | | Digit of the foot | 7 (6.0) | | Preceding lesion | | | Actinic keratosis | 29 (24.8) | | Basal cell carcinoma | 1 (0.9) | | Bowen disease | 17 (14.5) | | Burn | 3 (2.6) | | Epidermal cyst | 1 (0.9) | | Keratoacanthoma | 6 (5.1) | | Pustulosis palmaris and plantaris | 1 (0.9) | | Radiation keratosis | 1 (0.9) | | Scar | 4 (3.4) | | Other squamous cell carcinoma | 1 (0.9) | | Trichilemmal cyst | 1 (0.9) | | Ulcer | 10 (8.5) | | Unknown | 42 (35.9) |
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Note: (1)Stage was described using UICC (7th edition, 2009) [1].
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