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Characterization of monocyte-derived dendritic cells from immunosuppressed renal transplant recipients with and without squamous cell carcinomas.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Sept 2013
Sandvik L F, Volchenkov R, Jonsson R, Appel S
Abstract excerpt
Renal transplant recipients (RTR) have a high risk of tumour development, especially cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas (SCC), due to long-term immunosuppressive therapy. RTR may develop multiple lesions over short time periods, and these are often more aggressive with a higher risk of local recurrence and metastasis resulting in increased morbidity and mortality in these patients. Therefore, we took the first...
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