Mehrdad Taghipour
1, Mohsen Motalebi
1*, Behzad Einollahi
1, Mohammad Zaman Moradi
2, Arezoo Sarhangi
31 Nephrology and Urology Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Mazandaran, Iran
3 Medical School, Ardabil Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
While transplant recipients are susceptible to develop non-melanoma skin cancer and these cutaneous lesions are the significant source of morbidity; therefore, a routine screening of these patients for skin malignancies should be performed. Phenotypic, clinical and environmental factors associated with the skin tumors following renal transplantation are different particularly due to geographic area as well as due to the study sample size, genetic variations, infectious diseases and also history of immunosuppression regimens.
Please cite this paper as: Taghipour M, Motalebi M, Einollahi B, Moradi MZ, Sarhangi A. A dilemma persist in nephrology science: developing none-melanoma skin cancer in renal transplant population. J Nephropharmacol 2013; 2(2): 45-46.