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Cancer in Man at Site of Prior Benign Lesion of Skin or Mucous Membrane: A Review

Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

Data on the benign (nonmalignant) lesions of skin or mucous membrane in man in which cancers sometimes develop were selected from the medical literature and are classified in several categories according to the types of injury or disease that seem to have caused the lesions. A table lists the benign lesions by category, organ site, cause or how they may have been mediated, and estimate of cancer risk. For comparison, a second table presents similar data from single examples of benign lesions that sometimes result in cancer of mesenchymal tissue or a sex organ. Correlations of site and risk of cancer with the type of injury or disease are outlined, and types of tissue damage in prior benign lesions are described. Reports of cancer from prior benign lesions in animals are cited.

Received 7/29/71. Accepted 4/ 6/72.

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