Abstract
Because of long-term immunosuppressive therapy, organ transplant recipients experience significantly elevated skin cancer risk1 and mortality.2 Because of increasing rates of transplantation and improved survival among organ transplant recipients, primary skin cancer prevention is essential for organ transplant recipients to reduce their skin cancer burden. Elsewhere we reported the sun protection behaviors among a subset of organ transplant recipients who were at especially high risk of skin cancer because of a history of actinic skin lesions. We found that approximately 50% of the study participants regularly practiced multiple sun protection measures.3 It has been shown elsewhere that specific educational interventions can improve the use of sun protection measures among organ transplant recipients.4 Here we report a significant increase in the number of organ transplant recipients who practiced multiple sun protection behaviors after participation in a skin cancer research study for at least 1 year without any specific educational intervention.
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