Nonmelanoma skin cancers of the lips in Iraqi population
- Dermatologists, Dermatology and Allergy Center. Baghdad, Iraq.
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BACKGROUND: The lips cancers are a not uncommon, but often overlooked site for Nonmelanoma skin cancers (NMSC), including the two most common skin cancers; basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma (BCC and SCC). Most frequently occurring in fair-skinned males over the age of 50, male are 3-13 times more likely to develop lip cancers, likely due to occupation-related sun exposure combined with greater tobacco and alcohol use.1,2, 3 OBJECTIVE: To provide information about the NMSCs of the lips in Iraqi population in last 10 years. CONCLUSION: SCC was the only cancer that has been effect the lower lip this is commonly preceded by solar keratosis in Iraqi population. It diseases of male than female there are commonly outdoor workers mainly farmers.
[Mohammad S. Al-Zoubaidi (2016); Nonmelanoma skin cancers of the lips in Iraqi population Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jan). 999-1001] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
