Malignant neoplasm of skin
Description
skin neoplasm: A benign or malignant tumor involving the skin. Representative examples of benign skin neoplasms include the benign melanocytic skin nevus, acanthoma, sebaceous adenoma, sweat gland adenoma, lipoma, hemangioma, fibroma, and benign fibrous histiocytoma. Representative examples of malignant skin neoplasms include basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma, and Kaposi sarcoma.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode | C3_SKIN |
| Include | C3_MELANOMA_SKIN, C3_OTHER_SKIN |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy | 2 |
| First defined in version | DF2 |
Key figures
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Number of individuals | 1553 | 743 | 810 |
| Unadjusted prevalence (%) | 1.17 | 0.99 | 1.41 |
| Mean age at first event (years) | 62.65 | 60.36 | 64.76 |
| Median number of events / individual | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Clinical metrics
| Sex | All | Female | Male |
| Recurrence within 6 months (%) | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
| Case fatality at 5-years (%) | 11.59 | 9.83 | 13.21 |