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Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation pp 11–21Cite as

De Novo Post-Transplantation Malignancies: Incidence and Risk Factors

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An increased incidence of cancer in immunodeficient and immunosuppressed\break patients is now well established. Improvements in transplantation procedures and immunosuppressive therapies have resulted in better short-term and long-term graft survival, but immunosuppression exposes patients to long-term complications [1]. Malignancies are becoming the greatest limiting factor for patient and graft survival following kidney transplantation, even as incidence of death related to cardiovascular diseases and infections is decreasing [2]. Cancers are frequently more aggressive in transplant patients and are more likely to be fatal than would be expected in patients who have not undergone transplantation [3].

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Dantal, J. (2009). De Novo Post-Transplantation Malignancies: Incidence and Risk Factors. In: Stockfleth, E., Ulrich, C. (eds) Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 146. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78574-5_3

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