There are believed to be more than 1 million individuals worldwide currently with an organ allograft [1], and a further steep increase in numbers is expected in the next decade. The life-enhancing benefits of organ transplantation are undisputed, but come at a cost. Complications from graft-preserving iatrogenic immunosuppression include a significantly increased risk of malignancy. More than 40 primary malignant neoplasms were reported in the first 4,000 patients to undergo renal transplantation [2], and this early observation has been consistently supported by subsequent studies [3–7].
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Proby, C.M., Wisgerhof, H.C., Casabonne, D., Green, A.C., Harwood, C.A., Bouwes Bavinck, J.N. (2009). The Epidemiology of Transplant-Associated Keratinocyte Cancers in Different Geographical Regions. In: Stockfleth, E., Ulrich, C. (eds) Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 146. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-78574-5_7
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