Skip to Main Content

Melanoma

1 Results

Original Article Epidemiology
Open Archive
Prevalence of Skin Cancer and Related Skin Tumors in High-Risk Kidney and Liver Transplant Recipients in Queensland, Australia
Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Vol. 136Issue 7p1382–1386Published online: March 8, 2016
- Michelle R. Iannacone
- Sudipta Sinnya
- Nirmala Pandeya
- Nikky Isbel
- Scott Campbell
- Jonathan Fawcett
- and others
Cited in Scopus: 34
The increased skin cancer incidence in organ transplant recipients is well-known, but the skin cancer burden at any one time is unknown. Our objective was to estimate the period prevalence of untreated skin malignancy and actinic keratoses in high-risk kidney and liver transplant recipients and to assess associated factors. Organ transplant recipients underwent full skin examinations by dermatologically trained physicians. The proportion of examined organ transplant recipients with histopathologically confirmed skin cancer in the 3-month baseline period was estimated.