Skin cancer risk factors among Black South Africans-The Johannesburg Cancer Study, 1995-2016.

Babongile C Ndlovu Mazvita SengayiCaradee Y WrightWenlong C ChenLazarus KuonzaElvira Singh

Published in: Immunity, inflammation and disease (2022)

Differences in the anatomical distribution of KCs by sex suggest different risk factors between sexes. There is a positive association between being male, smoking, rural dwelling, and a positive HIV status with KCs and being male and rural dwelling with MSC. The rural dwelling was a newly found association with skin cancer and warrants further investigation.

Keyphrases

skin cancer
south africa
risk factors
hiv positive
antiretroviral therapy
hiv infected
papillary thyroid
human immunodeficiency virus
hepatitis c virus
hiv aids
smoking cessation
squamous cell carcinoma
squamous cell
young adults