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Cancer of the skin in Ugandan Africans is found almost exclusively in association with some previous damage. The most frequent predisposing lesion is a tropical phagedenic ulcer usually located on the lower leg. Tumours also occurred following burns or bites. Tumours were found more commonly among people from the west of the country. The cause of this regional variation is unknown. Tumours were predominantly well differentiated squamous carcinomas. Basal-cell tumours were only rarely seen. Tumours induced by solar damage were seen in albinos and on the conjunctiva but rarely on normally pigmented skin.
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Iversen, U., Iversen, O.H. (1973). Tumours of the Skin. In: Templeton, A.C. (eds) Tumours in a Tropical Country. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 41. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80725-1_10
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