Table 2.

Prognostic factors in Marjolin’s ulcer [21, 22]

	Better prognosis	Worse prognosis
Time from injury to malignancy development	< 5 years	> 5 years
Location	head, nape, upper limbs	torso, lower limbs
Clinical picture	exophytic formation	infiltrative formation
Degree of differentiation	G1	G2 and G3
Intensity of T lymphocyte infiltration around tumour	dense infiltrations	trace infiltrations
Regional and remote metastases (at the time of diagnosis)	absent	present