RT Journal
A1 Balch CM
T1 COmanaging an organ transplantation and melanoma
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 2011
FD December 1
VO 146
IS 12
SP 1347
OP 1348
DO 10.1001/archsurg.2011.997
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.2011.997
AB 
The results of this complex data analysis should be interpreted cautiously considering the retrospective nature of the analysis, the absence of information on a significant amount of key prognostic variables, and the mixture of organ transplant recipients. That being said, the article makes some valuable conclusions that are both provocative and hypothesis generating. Most notable are the data suggesting that patients who develop thicker melanoma after transplantation have more aggressive disease and lower survival rates compared with patients not undergoing transplantation. This finding implies that more aggressive screening and early detection of melanoma are vital.