Cáncer de piel asociado a pacientes con trasplante de órgano sólido

Abstract

Abstract: Solid organ transplantation is a major risk factor for the development of skin cancer because of the degree of immunosuppression they are under. Objective: To find out through a literature study if solid organ transplantation is a risk factor for the development of skin cancer.Method: A search for information was made in bibliographical bases: Pubmed, Science Direct, Scopus and DOAJ, obtaining 85 articles and according to inclusion and exclusion criteria 14 articles presented in this work were filtered. Results:sample size ranged from 16 to 105 174 patients, with age from 44.1 to 62.8 years, phototype III and male sex were the most common; the most frequent non-melanoma skin carcinoma was spinocellularcarcinoma with a ratio of 1. 11-3:1, followed by basalcell carcinoma and melanoma, the most transplanted organ was the kidney, patients received immunosuppressive treatment and most of the triple scheme including corticoids, calcineurin inhibitors and antimetabolites, the first dermatological consultation after the first transplant was between 3.6 and 11 years.