Pathological Characteristics of Basal Cell Carcinoma

• Conditions: Dermatological Tumors
• Interventions: Procedure: Excision

• Registration Number: NCT05267691
• Lead Sponsor: Al-Azhar University

Brief Summary

A hospital based cross-sectional study was conducted from 2017 to February 2021. Clinical history, examination and histopathological variants were collected from medical files and pathology reports. Confirmation of pathology was done in all the patients visiting skin and plastic surgery department with suspected lesions.

Detailed Description

Some cases may be tested for immunohistochemistry on the tissue block

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-02-24
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-04
• Primary Completion: 2022-03-20
• Status Verified: 2022-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-07-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-07-20
• Study Completion: 2022-10-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Excised lesion
• Confirmed basal cell carcinoma pathologically

Exclusion Criteria

• Incision biopsy
• Incomplete follow up

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
sun-protected	Excision	All patients with basal cell carcinoma in a sun protected body site
sun-exposed	Excision	All patients with basal cell carcinoma in a sun exposed body site

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Healing	1 day	Complete removal of the lesion

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Recurrence	1 year	Occurrence of recurrence

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Abdulkarim Hasan; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt