Incidence of and risk factors for skin cancer after heart transplant
JD Brewer, OR Colegio, PK Phillips… - Archives of …, 2009 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To examine the incidence, tumor burden, and risk factors for nonmelanoma and
other skin cancer types in this heart transplant cohort. Design Retrospective review of patient
medical records. Setting Tertiary care center. Patients All heart transplant recipients at Mayo
Clinic from 1988 to 2006. Main Outcome Measures Cumulative incidence of skin cancer and
tumor burden, with Cox proportional hazards regression models used to evaluate risk factors
for posttransplant primary and secondary nonmelanoma skin cancer. Results In total, 312 …
other skin cancer types in this heart transplant cohort. Design Retrospective review of patient
medical records. Setting Tertiary care center. Patients All heart transplant recipients at Mayo
Clinic from 1988 to 2006. Main Outcome Measures Cumulative incidence of skin cancer and
tumor burden, with Cox proportional hazards regression models used to evaluate risk factors
for posttransplant primary and secondary nonmelanoma skin cancer. Results In total, 312 …
