Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation

Skin Cancer after Organ Transplantation presents the state-of-the-art knowledge of cutaneous malignancies following organ transplantation. The life promoting and life enhancing benefits of solid organ transplantation is a major medical advance, but at the cost of the life-long immunosuppression needed to prevent rejection of the donated organ. This induction and maintenance of impaired immunological surveillance is paralleled by a significant increase in the incidence of specific cancers, of which skin cancers are highest. The book is divided into four sections, providing a basic overview on transplantation medicine, different immunosuppressive agents and their impact on the skins sarcoma.- Merkel cell carcinoma.- Cutaneous lymphomas.- Prophylaxis and Therapy.- Prophylaxis and screening pre-transplantation.- Aftercare - the multi disc-approach.- Patient education.- Sunscreens and sun protection.- Dosage and choice/combination of immunosuppression.- Surgical interventions.- Specific management of field cancerisation.- Destructive management.- Systemic Chemoprevention.- Management of metastatic skin cancers in OTR.- Index.