Research Article

Prevalence of Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinomas in African Albino Skin Cancer Lesions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Proportion

Table 4

Skin cancer type and sex of 540 African albinos with cutaneous malignancy.

VariableFrequency

Sex
 Male275
 Female241
 Missing24
 Total540
Skin cancer type419
 Squamous cell carcinoma419
 Basal cell carcinoma249
 Cutaneous melanoma5
 Others22
 Total695

;Some patients presented multifocal cancers: 9 basosquamous carcinoma, 10 adenoid cystic carcinoma, 1 malignant adnexal tumour, 1 sarcoma, and 1 unspecified histology.