What is it about?
Leishmania spp. infection can play a significant, direct or indirect, role in the pathogenesis and prognosis of some malignant disorders through numerous pathophysiological cascades.
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Why is it important?
Understanding this relationship could enrich the provision of early diagnosis, proper management, and prompt control of cancer.
Perspectives
Leishmania spp. infection can play a significant, direct or indirect, role in the pathogenesis and prognosis of some malignant disorders. From my perspective, older age, ultraviolet radiation exposure, and popular treatment abuse, such as animal (eg, chameleon) saliva, herbal (eg, cactus) recipes, corrosive chemicals, and topical steroids, has been supposed as principal triggering factors for the development of cancer at sites of infection with Leishmania parasites.
Dr Mohamed A Al-Kamel
International Society of Dermatology
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This page is a summary of: Leishmaniasis and malignancy: A review and perspective, Clinical Skin Cancer, November 2017, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsc.2017.10.003.
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