01511nas a2200373   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001000059653001600069653000900085653002200094653002900116653001600145653001100161653002800172653002000200653001100220653001400231653001200245653000900257653001600266653001400282653001600296653003100312100001100343700001300354700001700367245003600384300001000420490000700430050003200437520065400469022001401123       1994                            d  c1994 Jul-Sep10aAdult10aAge Factors10aAged10aAged, 80 and over10aCarcinoma, Squamous Cell10aExtremities10aFemale10aHead and Neck Neoplasms10aHospitalization10aHumans10aIncidence10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNeoplasms10aSex Factors10aUterine Cervical Neoplasms1 aJohn S1 aRoul R K1 aAnderson G A00aCancer associated with leprosy.  a321-50 v66  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>Eighty-seven leprosy patients with cancer, seen between 1960 to 1984, were studied. Cancer in patients with leprosy occurred in a younger age group compared to the general population. The most common type of malignancy seen among males was squamous cell carcinoma of the lower extremity while in hospital patient population it was cancer of head and neck. Among the females, carcinoma cervix was the most common as in the hospital patients. The types of malignancy occurring among leprosy patients was similar to that of the hospital patient population with the exception of an increase in incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of extremities.</p>  a0254-9395