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Prevalence of skin cancer in Native American kidney transplant recipients
Author(s) -
Ilyas Muneeb,
Ginsberg Zachary,
Temkit M'hamed,
Keddis Mira,
Sharma Amit
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-4632
pISSN - 0011-9059
DOI - 10.1111/ijd.13863
Subject(s) - medicine , skin cancer , cancer , transplantation , white (mutation) , retrospective cohort study , kidney transplantation , kidney transplant , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Abstract Background Skin cancer prevalence is well‐characterized for white solid organ transplant recipients. Although the prevalence of skin cancer in non‐white (Black, Asian, Hispanic) kidney transplant recipients ( KTR s) has been assessed, no study has reported the prevalence of skin cancer in Native American ( NA ) KTR s. The aim of this study is to determine if the prevalence of skin cancer in NAKTR s is the same as in white KTR s. Methods We conducted a case‐controlled retrospective review from a single transplant center. One hundred thirteen NAKTR s who received a transplant between 2001 and 2011 were age‐ and transplant‐year matched with 113 white controls. Results The 226 KTR s consisted of 141 (62.4%) men and 85 (37.6%) women, with a mean age of 50.2 ± 10.8 years. There was no skin cancer found in NAKTR s prior to or post transplantation, while seven (6.2%) white KTR s had eight skin cancers prior to transplantation, and 28 (24.8%) white KTR s developed 66 skin cancers post transplantation. Twenty‐two (19.5%) NAKTR s did not follow‐up with dermatology at this institution. The median follow‐up in NAKTR s was 3.3 years compared to 3.0 years in white KTR s. Conclusion NAKTR s have a decreased prevalence of skin cancer compared to their white counterparts.