Pathways from Diagnosis to Death from Keratinocyte Cancer in Kidney Transplant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk of developing and dying from keratinocyte cancer. We aimed to describe the clinical course of keratinocyte cancer-related deaths in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients.

Methods

In kidney transplant recipients transplanted between 1995 and 2014 in Queensland, Australia, we ascertained keratinocyte cancer deaths by searching national transplant and state death registries to March 2020. Deceased transplant recipients' medical records were reviewed to assess features of the primary lesion of the fatal keratinocyte cancer, metastases, and clinical information before death.

Results

Of 658 kidney transplant recipient deaths, 49 (7%) were due to keratinocyte cancer, and medical records were available for 36 (7

SUBMITTER: Shao EX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9677852 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature