Multiple basal cell carcinoma in tropical Australia

D Czarnecki; N Collins; P Chow; I Nicholson; B Tait

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb03982.x

Multiple basal cell carcinoma in tropical Australia

Int J Dermatol. 1992 Sep;31(9):635-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb03982.x.

Authors

D Czarnecki¹, N Collins, P Chow, I Nicholson, B Tait

Affiliation

¹ Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 1459761
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1992.tb03982.x

Abstract

No association between HLA DR1 and the development of multiple basal cell carcinomas (BCC) was found among patients who had lived at least two-thirds of their lives in the tropics. The percentage of patients with multiple BCCs increased with age; this was different from what has been found in people living in the temperate zone of Australia.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Australia / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / epidemiology
Carcinoma, Basal Cell / immunology*
HLA-DR1 Antigen / analysis*
Humans
Middle Aged
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology
Skin Neoplasms / immunology*
Tropical Climate*

Substances

HLA-DR1 Antigen