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Table 1 Clinical and treatment profile of various histological subtypes

From: Spectrum of malignant scalp tumours and its impact on management—a tertiary care cancer centre experience

Variables

SCC

Sarcoma

Appendageal carcinoma

BCC

NEC

Number

33

14

11

7

1

Mean age (years)

58

54

50

53

70

M/F

22/11

5/9

5/6

0/7

0/1

Site

 ▪ Frontal

2

2

3

-

1

 ▪ Parietal

17

7

4

2

-

 ▪ Temporal

10

1

1

1

-

 ▪ Occipital

4

4

3

4

-

Defect reconstruction

 • Primary closure

5

5

6

2

-

 • Rotation flap

19

8

4

2

-

 • Advancement flap

3

-

-

2

-

 • Regional flap

2 (trapezius)

1 (temp)

1 (trapezius)

1 (temp)

1 (temp)

 • Free flap

1 (LD)

-

-

-

-

 • SSG

3

-

-

-

-

 • Nodal metastasis

3

3 (AS)

1

-

1

 • Bone involvement

3

-

-

-

-

Recurrence

 • Local

6

2

2

-

-

 • Nodal

2

1

-

-

-

 • Systemic

-

4

-

-

-

  1. Temp temporal artery-based flap, LD latissimus dorsi, SSG split-thickness skin grafting, AS angiosarcoma