DOI: 10.21276/sasjs.2019.5.6.2

Pages: 251-254

Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) are two of the most frequent types of facial skin cancer to be reported in clinics; yet is very much under studied in Jordan. The main objective of this study is to determine the incidence of the non-melanoma facial skin cancers (BCC versus SCC) in the Jordanian population and see how common they really are in relation to variations in gender. This cross-sectional descriptive study took place in the Royal Rehabilitation Center of the Jordanian Royal Medical Services over a three-year period (from January 2013- December 2015). The study included all patients with histologically confirmed malignancies excised from the face by the plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the plastic and reconstructive facility of the hospital. A 362 random based sample with pathologically confirmed BCC or SCC in the face out of a total 2935 patients with facial excised lesions were studied and the specific location of the tumor in the face were collected and analyzed. The aim was to find the incidence of non-malignant facial skin cancer in the Jordanian population as well as the incidence of Basal Cell Carcinoma versus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, and gender variations. The study revealed that the total incidence of malignant lesions in the face was 12.34% out of which 55% were males and 45% were females and the total percentage of BCC cases was 54.14% in comparison to the total percentage of SCC