Clinical and therapeutic aspects in skin cancer: Clinical study in a tertiary center from Romania

<b>Introduction: </b>Skin cancer registers worldwide high morbidity and mortality rates, with costly medical services, its major histopathology subtypes being basal and squamous cell carcinoma, melanoma.<br /> <b>Materials and method: </b>This 5-year retrospective study included 84 patients admitted to the “Sfântul Apostol Andrei” Emergency Clinical Hospital of Galați in the oncology and radiotherapy clinic during January 2018-October 2022.<br /> <b>Results:</b> Skin malignancies represented 3.56% of the oncological cases admitted from January 2018 to October 2022. The most prevalent etiological factors were sun exposure and light-colored skin (84.52%). Most cases registered discomfort due to local and persistent itching (59.52%). Histopathologically, most cases were squamous cell carcinomas (51.19%). The most frequent treatment methods were surgical intervention (100%), radiotherapy (100%), chemotherapy (7.14%), immunotherapy (7.14%), with a 5-year survival rate of 95.23%.<br /> <b>Conclusions: </b>The available screening programs help with skin cancer early diagnosis, leading to favorable outcomes and reducing complication risks.