01029nas a2200253   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001000055653000900065653001200074653001100086653001100097653001200108653000900120653001600129653001400145100001600159700001200175245005000187300001200237490000700249520050500256022001400761       1975                            d  c1975 Apr10aAdult10aAged10aAutopsy10aFemale10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNeoplasms1 aPurtilo D T1 aPangi C00aIncidence of cancer in patients with leprosy.  a1259-610 v353 a<p>Individuals with congenital immunodeficiences and patients who are immunosuppressed for maintenance of organ allografts experience a marked increase in the occurrence of malignancy. Patients with lepromatous leprosy also have depressed cellular immunity, but or study of 195 autopsied subjects with leprosy did not reveal an increase in the occurrence of cancer. Thirty-three of the 195 subjects with leprosy or 16.9% died of cancer, which is comparable to an age-matched group of individuals.</p>  a0008-543X