kang cancer kang cancer 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. kang cancerspecialtydermatology/oncology