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RALPH F. BOWERS, M.D.; J. M. YOUNG, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1960;80(4):564-570.

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Celsus, who lived in the first century, noted the development of cancer in burn scars. The more recent interest in this subject began probably with the classic publication of Marjolin¹ in 1828 concerning cancers arising in scars of many types.

Treves and Pack² in 1930 estimated that about 2% of burn scars undergo malignant change, and they found that these usually occurred in the extremities and scalp. Their incidence figures for site of origin were 38% lower extremities, 22% upper extremities, 30% head and face, and 10% trunk. Broders³ has estimated that 24.5% of all cancer of the extremities arises in scars, but Arndt⁴ felt that a figure of 9% was more likely correct. Males outnumber females in a ratio of 3 to 1 in burn scar cancers, and all races have developed such tumors. Lawrence⁵ in 1952 accepted only 99 cases of burn scar . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Memphis

From the Surgical and Laboratory Services, Veterans Administration Medical Teaching Group Hospital.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Sept. 4, 1959.

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