Penile carcinogenesis in a low-incidence area: A clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of 115 invasive carcinomas with special emphasis on chronic inflammatory skin diseases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 998-1006

  Mannweiler, Sebastian ^a   Sygulla, Stephan ^a   Beham Schmid, Christine ^a   Razmara, Yas ^a   Pummer, Karl ^a   Regauer, Sigrid ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

dermatoses; differentiated penile intraepithelial neoplasia; lichen planus; lichen sclerosus; penile cancer; penile intraepithelial neoplasia

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COMORBIDITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PATHOLOGY; PENIS TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMORBIDITY; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; LICHEN PLANUS; LICHEN SCLEROSUS ET ATROPHICUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS; PENILE NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959649419     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182147e59     Document Type: Article

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