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Aussies with transplanted hearts or lungs may be at high risk of non-melanoma skin cancer

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A small Australian study of 94 people with heart or lung transplants found that two-thirds of them had developed non-melanoma skin cancer in the decade after the transplant surgery, a relatively high frequency. Older patients and those who had had skin cancer prior to the surgery were at highest risk, while those with darker skin were at lower risk.

Journal/conference: JAMA Dermatology

Link to research (DOI): 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.4789

Organisation/s: The University of New South Wales, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney

Funder: Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship.

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