We study existence of nonnegative solutions to a nonlinear parabolic boundary value problem with a general singular lower order term and a nonnegative measure as nonhomogeneous datum, of the form
\begin{cases}
\dys u_t - \Delta_p u = h(u)f+\mu & \text{in}\ \Omega \times (0,T),\\
u=0 &\text{on}\ \partial\Omega \times (0,T),\\
u=u_0 &\text{in}\ \Omega \times \{0\},
\end{cases}
where Ω is an open bounded subset of RN (N≥2), u0 is a nonnegative integrable function, Δp is the p-Laplace operator, μ is a nonnegative bounded Radon measure on Ω×(0,T) and f is a nonnegative function of L1(Ω×(0,T)). The term h is a positive continuous function possibly blowing up at the origin. Furthermore, we show uniqueness of finite energy solutions in presence of a nonincreasing h