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Murine Full-thickness Skin Transplantation
Published on: January 2, 2017
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in the organ transplant recipient
Kristin Bibee1, Andrew Swartz2, Shaum Sridharan3
1Department of Dermatology, University of Pittsburgh, 3708 Fifth Ave #5, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Hillman Cancer Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 5115 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA.
Abstract:
One in twenty solid organ transplant recipients (SOTRs) will develop a highly morbid or fatal cutaneous carcinoma after transplantation. The majority of these cases develop on the head and neck and may require intervention on the part of dermatology, dermatologic surgery, otolaryngology, transplant medicine, radiation oncology, and medical oncology. In this review, we discuss the problem of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) in SOTRs as well as the prognostic factors and management strategies to care for this population.
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