Sirolimus and Secondary Skin-Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplantation

Euvrard, Sylvie; Morélon, Emmanuel; Rostaing, Lionel; Goffin, Éric; Brocard, A.; Tromme, Isabelle; Broeders, Nilüfer; del Mármol, V.; Châtelet, Valérie; Dompmartin, A.; Kessler, M.; L. Serra, Andreas; F.L. Hofbauer, Günther; Pouteil‐Noble, Claire; M. Campistol, Josep; Kanitakis, Jean; Roux, Adeline; Decullier, Évelyne; Dantal, Jacques

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1204166

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Sirolimus and Secondary Skin-Cancer Prevention in Kidney Transplantation

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 25, 2012

Authors:

Sylvie Euvrard

Emmanuel Morélon

Lionel Rostaing

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Transplant recipients in whom cutaneous squamous-cell carcinomas develop are at high risk for multiple subsequent skin cancers. Whether sirolimus is useful in the prevention of secondary skin cancer has not been assessed. METHODS: In this multicenter trial, we randomly assigned transplan...

Subject

Sirolimus

Medicine

Skin cancer

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