Open AccessRISK OF NONMELANOMA SKIN CANCER IN ITALIAN ORGAN TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. A REGISTRY-BASED STUDY
Author(s) -
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay,
Anna Belloni Fortina,
Silvia Lovati,
Annalisa Barba,
Eliana Gotti,
Gianpaolo Tessari,
Donatella Schena,
Andrea Diociaiuti,
Giuseppe Nanni,
Ilaria Lesi La Parola,
Cinzia Masini,
Stefano Piaserico,
Andrea Peserico,
T. Cainelli,
Giuseppe Remuzzi
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200011270-00015
Subject(s) - skin cancer , medicine , cancer registry , cumulative incidence , hazard ratio , incidence (geometry) , population , proportional hazards model , transplantation , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , organ transplantation , cancer , cohort , kidney transplantation , cohort study , risk factor , surgery , environmental health , physics , optics
Organ transplant recipients are at an increased risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer. Few data concern heart transplantation and populations from southern Europe.