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Skin Tumours in Immunosuppressed Patients 1
Author(s) -
Marshall Ver C.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb05685.x
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , dermatology , incidence (geometry) , keratoacanthoma , pathology , basal cell , physics , optics
The relationship between immunosuppression and development of cancer appears definite. We now present evidence of an increased incidence of shin tumours ranging from recurrent keratoses, keratoacanthomas and carcinoma‐in‐situ to carcinomas of the skin and of the lip in a group of immunosuppressed patients.