Differentiated precursor lesions and low-grade variants of squamous cell carcinomas are frequent findings in foreskins of patients from a region of high penile cancer incidence

Histopathology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 925-933

  Oertell, Judith ^a   Caballero, Carmelo ^b   Iglesias, Manuelita ^a   Chaux, Alcides ^b   Amat, Luís ^a   Ayala, Enrique ^a   Rodríguez, Ingrid ^b   Velázquez, Elsa F ^c   Barreto, José E ^b   Ayala, Gustavo ^d   Cubilla, Antonio L ^b  

^a Hospital Militar Central   (Paraguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE PATOLOGÍA E INVESTIGACIÓN   (Paraguay)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circumcision; Foreskin; Human papillomavirus; Lichen sclerosus; Penile cancer; Penile intraepithelial neoplasia; Squamous cell carcinoma; Squamous hyperplasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANITIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; COMORBIDITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENIS CANCER; PHIMOSIS; PRECANCER; PREPUCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 79953211959     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.03816.x     Document Type: Article

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