Timing and Number of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Transplant Recipients

Charles J Puza; Adela R Cardones; Paul J Mosca

doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.0856

Timing and Number of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas in Transplant Recipients

JAMA Dermatol. 2018 Jun 1;154(6):727-728. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.0856.

Authors

Charles J Puza¹, Adela R Cardones², Paul J Mosca³

Affiliations

¹ Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
² Department of Dermatology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
³ Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

Abstract

This cohort study of 3652 recipients of solid organ transplants examines the timing and number of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas that developed after transplantation.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / epidemiology*
Female
Heart Transplantation / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Immunosuppression Therapy*
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Kidney Transplantation / statistics & numerical data
Liver Transplantation / statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms, Second Primary / epidemiology*
North Carolina / epidemiology
Organ Transplantation / statistics & numerical data*
Retrospective Studies
Skin Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Time Factors

Substances

Immunosuppressive Agents