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SUBMITTER: Carroll RP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2844307 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carroll Robert P RP Segundo David San DS Hollowood Kevin K Marafioti Teresa T Clark Taane G TG Harden Paul N PN Wood Kathryn J KJ
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 20100128 4
Cutaneous squamous cell cancer (SCC) affects up to 30% of kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) within 10 years of transplantation. There are no reliable clinical tests that predict those who will develop multiple skin cancers. High numbers of regulatory T cells associate with poor prognosis for patients with cancer in the general population, suggesting their potential as a predictive marker of cutaneous SCC in KTRs. We matched KTRs with (n = 65) and without (n = 51) cutaneous SCC for gender, age, ...[more]