Tratamiento con HeberFERON® en pacientes con carcinoma basocelular del Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico “Dr. Miguel Enríquez”, La Habana

Introduction: between two and three million new cases of basal cell carcinoma are reported worldwide each year, which can be treated in various ways, depending on the clinical variety, location and size of the lesion. There is a history of successful use of HeberFERON® as a therapeutic alternative for this type of skin neoplasm. Objective: to characterize clinically and epidemiologically the patients with basal cell carcinoma treated with HeberFERON® at the "Dr. Miguel Enriquez” Clinical Surgery Teaching Hospital in Havana. Method: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was conducted to characterize patients with basal cell carcinoma treated with HeberFERON®, during the period January 2017 to December 2018. The universe consisted of 49 patients, no sample was used. Results: males predominated, the maximum age found was 96 years, skin phototype II prevailed, while the usual place of residence was urban. It was found that of the total of cases studied, 47 were primary tumors (95.91%), the most frequent location was on the cheeks and 40 patients received previous treatment with cryosurgery representing 81.63%. Conclusions: the predominant underlying disease was high blood pressure. The most common clinical subtype was nodular, as well as the histological one. The response to treatment was favorable in most of the cases treated with HeberFERON®.