Advances in Transplant Dermatology Clinical and Practical Implications

Advances in Transplant Dermatology Clinical and Practical Implications / edited by Fiona Zwald, Marc D. Brown.

This book provides an informative update on scientific advances relating to transplant dermatology that may be applicable to clinical practice. Commentary is provided on the emerging role of viruses in transplant dermatology, the management of skin disease secondary to transplant medication, sunscre...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Zwald, Fiona (Editor), Brown, Marc D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Dermatology.
Surgical transplantation.
Immunology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • Transplantation today
  • De novo malignancies after solid organ transplantation: focus on viral infection
  • Update on benign and inflammatory skin disease secondary to transplant medication
  • Update on photoprotection and sunscreen use in solid organ transplant recipients
  • Update on our understanding of HPV as a risk factor for cutaneous SCC in organ transplant recipients
  • Advances in our understanding of immunosuppression as a risk factor for cutaneous SCC: evidence for revision of immunosuppressive therapy
  • Advances in photodynamic therapy for the treatment of malignant and pre-malignant lesions in transplant dermatology
  • Update on staging, definition and chemoprevention of ‘high risk SCC’ in organ transplant recipients
  • Advances in management of ‘high risk SCC’ in organ transplant recipients
  • Advances in management of Merkel cell carcinoma in organ transplant recipients; role of polyoma virus and immunosuppression
  • Update in melanoma in organ transplant recipients
  • Update on unusual tumors in organ transplant recipients.  .

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