Treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer in organ transplant recipients: review of responses to a survey.

Abstract

There are approximately 100,000 US organ transplant recipients, many with nonmelanoma skin cancers. To better understand how clinicians treat them, we e-mailed a survey to the International Transplant-Skin Cancer Collaborative and the Association of Academic Dermatologic Surgeons. Twenty-five physicians responded. The majority use topical 5-fluorouracil, cryosurgery, electrodesiccation and curettage, and surgery. We review when these modalities are used.