Increased incidence and mortality associated with skin cancers after cardiac transplant

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1488-1497

  Alam, M ^a   Brown, R N ^b   Silber, D H ^c   Mullen, G M ^d   Feldman, D S ^e   Oren, R M ^f   Yancy, C W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f Mercy Hospital Iowa City   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; cardiac transplant; database; epidemiology; melanoma; nonmelanoma skin cancer; organ transplantation; skin cancer; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART GRAFT; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CELL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959831205     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03598.x     Document Type: Article

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