Research Article
Squamous Cell Carcinomas of the Skin Explore Angiogenesis-Independent Mechanisms of Tumour Vascularization
Table 1
Summary of the main clinical and histological characteristics of patients included in the study.
| Category | BCC | SCC |
| Number of patients | | | Male | 53 | 49 | Female | 17 | 21 | Total | 70 | 70 | Age of diagnosis | 73.3 (53.5–88.9) | 76.2 (60.2–88.3) | Anatomic site | | | Head and neck | 51 (72.8%) | 53 (75.7%) | Extremities | 6 (8.6%) | 15 (21.4%) | Trunk | 13 (18.6%) | 2 (2.9%) | Histologic subtype | Superficial BCC: 23 (32.9%) | Well-differentiated SCC: 30 (42.8%) | Nodular BCC: 42 (60.0%) | Moderately differentiated SCC: 37 (52.9%) | Aggressive* BCC: 5 (7.1%) | Poorly differentiated SCC: 3 (4.3%) | Presence of LVI | 0 (0%) | 3 (4.3%) | Presence of PNI | 0 (0%) | 1 (1.4%) |
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BCC: basal cell carcinoma; SCC: squamous cell carcinoma; LVI: lymphovascular invasion; PNI: perineural invasion.
*Aggressive BCC group includes infiltrative, morpheaform, and micronodular subtypes.
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