Abstract:Objective To study the expression levels and early diagnosis/treatment significances of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), cyclooxygenase-2, Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) and Inhibitor of DNA differentiation-1 (ID-1) in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin (SCC) or basal cell carcinoma (BCC). Methods The study subjects were patients with skin malignant tumors who were admitted to our hospital from March 2016 to March 2019, including 38 patients in each group (the SCC group and the BCC group). Thirty patients with no malignant tumors at the same time were selected as the control group. The positive expression rate of each index was detected by immunohistochemistry, the mRNA expression of each index was detected by RT-PCR, the protein level of each index was detected by Western blotting method, and the correlation was analyzed. Results Statistically significant differences were found in VEGF positive expression rate, mRNA and protein expression among the three groups (P?0.05); the comparison between each two groups showed that the VEGF indexes of SCC group and BCC group were higher than those of the control group (P?0.05); the VEGF indexes of SCC group were higher than those of BCC group (P?0.05). The expressions of VEGF, COX-2 and ID-1 were positively correlated (P?< 0.05). Conclusion The production and progress of SCC and BCC are importantly related to the high expression of VEGF, COX-2 and ID-1, and the expressions of the three indicators have positive pairwise correlations. Combined detection of VEGF, COX-2 and ID-1 has important early diagnosis and treatment significance for SCC and BCC.