Smoking and presence of human papillomavirus correlates with lymphocyte density in the stroma of penile squamous cell carcinoma
Smoking and presence of hrHPV is associated with a lower density of infiltrating lymphocytes in the stroma of PSCC. There is a positive correlation in the number of CD3<sup>+</sup> and CD8<sup>+</sup> cells between the stroma and intra-tumoral compartment of PSCC.
Authors
- Owen Ngalamika (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-4128)
- Chibamba Mumba
- Victor Mapulanga
- Nicholas K Mwale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0877-9338)
Institutions
- University of Zambia (ZM)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oncology
- Published
- 2025-03-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2025.1568764
- Primary Topic
- Genital Health and Disease
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00