Open AccessExamining the Incidence and Presentation of Melanoma in the Cardiothoracic Transplant Population
Author(s) -
Charles J. Puza,
Adela R. Cardones,
Paul J. Mosca
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jama dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.128
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 2168-6084
pISSN - 2168-6068
DOI - 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.0130
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , retrospective cohort study , population , surgery , immunosuppression , pediatrics , physics , environmental health , optics
The immunosuppression vital to maintaining transplanted organs comes with an increased incidence of cutaneous neoplasms. Understanding the genesis of malignant melanoma (MM) in transplant subpopulations is necessary for adequate disease surveillance.
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