Prior history of non-melanoma skin cancer is associated with increased mortality in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia

Haematologica

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1460-1464

  Toro, Jorge R ^a   Blake, Patrick W ^a,b   Björkholm, Magnus ^c   Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y ^c   Wang, Zhuoqiao ^d   Landgren, Ola ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic lymphocytic leukemia; Immune disruption; Immunosuppression; Non melanoma skin cancer; Pathogenesis; Prognosis; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; T LYMPHOCYTE; WART VIRUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349789296     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: 15928721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3324/haematol.2008.004721     Document Type: Article

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