TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Approaches to Skin Cancer Management in Organ Transplant Recipients
AU - Singh, Meena K.
AU - Brewer, Jerry D.
PY - 2011/3
Y1 - 2011/3
N2 - Approximately 225,000 people are living with organ transplants in the United States. Organ transplant recipients have a greater risk of developing skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma, with an approximately 250 times greater incidence of squamous cell carcinoma in certain transplant recipients, compared with the general population. Because skin cancers are the most common posttransplant malignancy, the resultant morbidity and mortality in these high-risk patients is quite significant.
AB - Approximately 225,000 people are living with organ transplants in the United States. Organ transplant recipients have a greater risk of developing skin cancer, including basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and malignant melanoma, with an approximately 250 times greater incidence of squamous cell carcinoma in certain transplant recipients, compared with the general population. Because skin cancers are the most common posttransplant malignancy, the resultant morbidity and mortality in these high-risk patients is quite significant.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.sder.2011.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.sder.2011.02.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21540019
AN - SCOPUS:79955431214
SN - 1085-5629
VL - 30
SP - 35
EP - 47
JO - Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
JF - Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery
IS - 1
ER -