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Medical condition
Kang cancer
SpecialtyDermatology Edit this on Wikidata

Kang cancer is a form of squamous-celled carcinoma associated with sleeping on the traditional kang heated-brick bed of Tibet and Northern China. The kang bed is a hollow brick platform warmed by an internal coal, charcoal, or dung fire. Kang cancer often develops in previous burn scar tissue, indicating that smoke carcinogens may not play a role.

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References

  1. Rapini, Ronald P.; Bolognia, Jean L.; Jorizzo, Joseph L. (2007). Dermatology: 2-Volume Set. St. Louis: Mosby. p. 1356. ISBN 978-1-4160-2999-1.
  2. Laycock, H. T. (22 May 1948). "The 'Kang Cancer' of North-west China". British Medical Journal. 1 (4559): 982. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.4559.982. PMC 2090676. PMID 18867942.
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