Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and of the cervix, vulva and vagina in spouses: is there any relationship? An epidemiological study from Norway, 1960-92

T Iversen; S Tretli; A Johansen; T Holte

doi:10.1038/bjc.1997.441

Squamous cell carcinoma of the penis and of the cervix, vulva and vagina in spouses: is there any relationship? An epidemiological study from Norway, 1960-92

Br J Cancer. 1997;76(5):658-60. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.441.

Authors

T Iversen¹, S Tretli, A Johansen, T Holte

Affiliation

¹ The Cancer Registry of Norway, Montebello, Oslo.

Abstract

Four hundred and twenty-three wives of 671 men with cancer of the penis were compared with 444 wives of 569 men who did not have this disease. The risk among the wives of patients with cancer of the penis of preinvasive and invasive cancer of the neck of the uterus was 1.75 (95% CI 0.42-7.37).

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / epidemiology*
Case-Control Studies
Confidence Intervals
Female
Humans
Information Systems
Male
Middle Aged
Norway / epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Penile Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Registries
Risk Factors
Spouses
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Vaginal Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Vulvar Neoplasms / epidemiology*