The epidemiology of transplant-associated keratinocyte cancers in different geographical regions

TY - CHAP

T1 - The epidemiology of transplant-associated keratinocyte cancers in different geographical regions

AU - Proby, Charlotte M.

AU - Wisgerhof, Hermina C.

AU - Casabonne, Delphine

AU - Green, Adele C.

AU - Harwood, Catherine A.

AU - Bouwes Bavinck, Jan N.

PY - 2009/1/1

Y1 - 2009/1/1

N2 - There are believed to be more than 1 million individuals worldwide currently with an organ allograft [1], and a further steep increase in numbers is expected in the next decade. The life-enhancing benefits of organ transplantation are undisputed, but come at a cost. Complications from graft-preserving iatrogenic immunosuppression include a significantly increased risk of malignancy. More than 40 primary malignant neoplasms were reported in the first 4,000 patients to undergo renal transplantation [2], and this early observation has been consistently supported by subsequent studies [3-7].

AB - There are believed to be more than 1 million individuals worldwide currently with an organ allograft [1], and a further steep increase in numbers is expected in the next decade. The life-enhancing benefits of organ transplantation are undisputed, but come at a cost. Complications from graft-preserving iatrogenic immunosuppression include a significantly increased risk of malignancy. More than 40 primary malignant neoplasms were reported in the first 4,000 patients to undergo renal transplantation [2], and this early observation has been consistently supported by subsequent studies [3-7].

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77953682654

U2 - 10.1007/978-0-387-78574-5_7

DO - 10.1007/978-0-387-78574-5_7

M3 - Other chapter contribution

C2 - 19415194

AN - SCOPUS:77953682654

VL - 146

SP - 75

EP - 95

BT - Cancer Treatment and Research

ER -