Epidemiological study of cutaneous basal-cell carcinoma, potentials of its high-energy laser treatment

Abstract

The results of the 5-year epidemiological and pathological investigations of cutaneous basal-cell carcinomas from inhabitants of the St. Petersburg area, removed with COz and Yachroma-Med copper vapor laser are presented. By our analysis of the intensity of exogenous impacts upon the tumor morbidity rate, we have concluded the industrial hazardous factors to be a dominant in this influence. The correlation between histological type and wide range of clinical behavior was proved.