High-risk cutaneous malignancies and immunosuppression– challenges for the reconstructive surgeon in the renal transplant population

Renal transplantation is the most frequently performed transplant procedure. Immunosuppressive therapies have dramatically increased survival rates in transplant recipients but are associated with an increased risk of skin cancers. Recent changes in immunosuppression strategies have been adopted with the aim of reducing this challenging adverse effect. Despite these new strategies cutaneous malignancies tend to be numerous, aggressive and associated with a higher risk of local and distant dissemination than in the non-transplant population.

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