Dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients have considerably greater cancer risk than the general population. This chapter discusses cancer in dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients, with the exception of skin malignancies, which are considered separately in Chapter 34 .…
Introduction Metastatic melanoma in the brain is a serious event in patients with melanoma because it signifies a poor prognosis and has a potentially severe impact on quality of life. In 20% of cases, symptomatic metastases represent the initial site…
Tumors metastatic to skin are clinically important because they may represent the first manifestation of an unrecognized internal malignancy or the first evidence of recurrence of a previously treated primary tumor. It is critical to recognize that the tumor is…