Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin induces considerable sustained cost of care in organ transplant recipients

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1242-1249

  Rüegg, Christian P ^a   Graf, Nicole ^b   Mühleisen, Beda ^a   Szucs, Thomas D ^b   French, Lars E ^a   Surber, Christian ^c   Hofbauer, Günther F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cost of care; nonmelanoma skin cancer; organ transplant recipients; squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; ETRETIN; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RETINOIC ACID;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEALTH CARE COST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84869111515     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.03.033     Document Type: Article

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