Painful skin lesions and squamous cell carcinoma predict overall mortality risk in organ transplant recipients: A cohort study
2017
Abstract
Organ transplant recipients have a highly increased risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. Sensation of pain in cutaneous tumours is a powerful patient-reported warning signal for invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas in organ transplant recipients.
The impact of painful compared to painless skin lesions and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) compared to other skin lesions on the overall mortality risk in organ transplant recipients (OTR) was investigated.