class="head no_bottom_margin" id="__sec2title">BackgroundNeoplastic skin alterations are frequently seen in elderly Caucasian people, above all if they have worked for long periods under high UV exposure. Our region, Calabria, a peninsula in the south of Italy with a long coastline , is quite homogeneous for population and lifestyle. Its inhabitants are Caucasian, most dark skinned but some fair skinned. Elderly people generally refer to a history of working as fishermen or farmers and consequently they have been exposed to the sun rays for long periods.These facts explain the high incidence of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and actinic keratosis (AK) in our region, namely in elderly people.
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机译：class =“ head no_bottom_margin” id =“ __ sec2title”>背景高加索老年人中经常见到肿瘤性皮肤改变，最重要的是，如果他们长时间在高紫外线照射下工作了。我们的地区卡拉布里亚（Calabria）是意大利南部的一个半岛，海岸线漫长，人口和生活方式都非常统一。它的居民是高加索人，大多数皮肤黑，但有些皮肤白。老年人通常指从事渔民或农民工作的历史，因此他们长期暴露在阳光下，这些事实解释了基底细胞癌（BCC），鳞状细胞癌（SCC）和光化性角化病的高发病率（AK）在我们地区，即老年人中。
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