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A study of possible causal relations between squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and carcinoma of the cervix uteri

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The authors investigated 26 regular sexual female partners of 24 men with squamous cell carcinoma of the penis. Neoplasms were diagnosed in 6 (23.1%) of the total of 26 women. STDs were found in 6 (23.1%) women. In 2 the cytologic findings on the cervix were classified as PAP III (PAP IIIa—CIN I, PAP IIIb—CIN III). Squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix was found in 2 women (1 case PAP IV—CIN III; 1 case PAP V—suggestive of invasive carcinoma). Endometrial adenoacanthoma, mammary adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma of the right hand and non-Hodgkin's malignant lymphoma (centroblastic) were found in 1 case each.

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  1. Department of Dermatovenereology, Comenius University, Martin, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

    J. Péč Jr. & Z. Lazárová

  2. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

    J. Péč Sen

  3. Department of Gynaecology, National Health Service, Martin, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

    K. Péčová & A. Homola

  4. Institute of Pathologic Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin, Czech and Slovak Federal Republic

    L. Plank

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Péč, J., Péčová, K., Sen, J.P. et al. A study of possible causal relations between squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and carcinoma of the cervix uteri. International Urology and Nephrology 24, 313–317 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02549541

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