Patient education helps earlier detection of skin lesions after kidney transplant
Monday, February 21, 2011 - 17:00
in Health & Medicine
Sharing printed educational materials about the risk of squamous cell carcinoma with kidney transplant recipients appeared to be effective at increasing skin self-examination and encouraging follow-up with a dermatologist to determine risk of cancer, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the June issue of Archives of Dermatology.