John Bowen
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John Templeton Bowen (1857-1940). American dermatologist.[1]
Described the progressive change in skin from solar keratosis to carcinoma-in-situ - his eponymous disease - and beyond in 1912.[2]
(Squamous) vulvar intra-epithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a pre-cancerous skin lesion of the vulva, previously known as Bowen's disease of the vulva.[3]
Also see Wikipedia:Bowen's_disease. He lacks, as yet, a Wikipedia biographical article. [[1]] (note our licence may be incompatible with theirs for straight copying.)
References
- ↑ http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/3232.html
- ↑ Bowen JT. Precancerous dermatoses: a study of two cases of chronic atypical epithelial proliferation. J Cutan Dis Syph 1912;30:241-255<ref> One source gives his description as being of "squamous-cell carcinoma in situ occurring on skin not exposed to sunlight... Bowen intended to point out the difference between [[squamous cell carcinoma]]s on sun exposed and non-sun exposed skin."<ref>http://www.landesbioscience.com/handbooks/output.php?id=54</li> <li id="cite_note-2">[[#cite_ref-2|↑]] http://dermnetnz.org/site-age-specific/vulvar-intraepithelial-neoplasia.html</li></ol></ref>
