Open AccessSkin Cancers After Liver Transplantation
Author(s) -
Émilie Ducroux,
Olivier Boillot,
María Andrea Ocampo,
Évelyne Decullier,
Adeline Roux,
Jérôme Dumortier,
Jean Kanitakis,
D. Jullien,
Sylvie Euvrard
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000000051
Subject(s) - medicine , skin cancer , basal cell carcinoma , immunosuppression , risk factor , cancer , transplantation , population , tacrolimus , melanoma , liver transplantation , cancer registry , oncology , basal cell , dermatology , cancer research , environmental health
The increased risk of skin cancer is well known in heart and kidney transplant recipients, but fewer data exist on liver-transplant recipients (LTRs). The aim of this study was to analyze the prevalence, clinical features and risk factors of skin cancers in LTR treated mainly with tacrolimus.