Abstract
The incidence of skin cancer continues to increase. However, little is known about the dermatosurgical characteristics of the patients. In this single center, retrospective study, dermatosurgical reports of all patients treated because of basal cell carcinomas (BCC), squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), and malignant melanoma (MM) between 2004 and 2013 were analyzed. During the observed period, the number of operated BCC rose by afactor of 1.86 and the number of MM by afactor of 2.3. In comparison to BCC/MM, there was adisproportionately high increase of SCC by afactor of 4.02. The average age was 71.5± 13.4years (minimum: 14years; maximum: 104years), whereupon asignificant increase of male age and asignificant decrease of female age occurred. Almost 70% of all tumors were located in the head and neck area. The nose was most commonly treated. During the last 10years, the cohort of dermatosurgical patients changed in the tumor center. This should be verified in multicenter studies.
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