Researchers identified study subjects through the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database. They examined 10,649 adult recipients of a primary transplant performed at 26 centers across the United States.
Here are three insights:
1. The overall incidence rates for post-transplant skin cancer was 1,408 per 100,000 person-years.
2. The incidence rates for specific types of skin cancer were as follows:
• Squamous cell carcinoma: 1,328 per 100 000 person-years
• Melanoma: 122 per 100 000 person-years
• Merkel cell carcinoma: 4 per 100 000 person-years
3. Statistically significant risk factors for post-transplant skin cancer included:
• Pre-transplant skin cancer
• Male sex
• White race
• Age of 50 years or older at transplant surgery
• Thoracic organ transplantation
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