Risk Factors for Melanoma in Renal Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Melanoma risk factors and incidence in renal transplant recipients can inform decision making for both patients and clinicians.

Objective

To determine risk factors and characteristics of renal transplant recipients who develop melanoma.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study of a large national data registry used a cohort of renal transplant recipients from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) database from the years 2004 through 2012. Differences in baseline characteristics between those who did and did not develop melanoma were examined, and a survival analysis was performed. Patients with renal transplants who received a diagnosis of melanoma according to any inpatient or outpatient claim associated with a billing code for melanoma we

SUBMITTER: Ascha M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710441 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature