Sex-specific differences in patients with nonmelanoma skin cancer of the pinna.

Ulrich MoserAlexandros AndrianakisPrisca PondorferAxel WolfMatthias GrauppThomas WeilandClemens HolzmeisterDominik WildDietmar Thurnher

Published in: Head & neck (2020)

In our study, a new aspect of the sex-dependent distribution of cSCC and BCC of the pinna was demonstrated. Women are affected four times more frequently by BCC than by cSCC, whereas in men this ratio is approximately equal.

Keyphrases

skin cancer
polycystic ovary syndrome
pregnant women
insulin resistance
skeletal muscle