Rising incidence and aggressive nature of cutaneous malignancies after transplantation: An update on epidemiology, risk factors, management and surveillance

Although immunosuppression has been a key component to the success of solid-organ transplantation, the morbidity associated with long-term immunosuppression remains a substantial burden, particularly as recipients of transplants live longer. Indeed, malignancy is one of the most common reasons for mortality following transplantation and the most common of these cancers are cutaneous in origin. Recently, the incidence of these malignancies has been on the rise, partly due to the fact that recipients of these transplants are living longer as a result of improvements in surgical technique, immunosuppression and perioperative management.

Source: Surgical Oncology - October 7, 2015 Category: Surgery Authors: Anthony P. Tufaro, Saїd C. Azoury, Joseph G. Crompton, David M. Straughan, Sashank Reddy, Nijaguna B. Prasad, Gang Shi, Anne C. Fischer Source Type: research