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• Squamous cell carcinoma is 65 times more common in transplant recipients than in non-transplant patients
• Kidney transplant patients are nearly four times more likely to develop melanoma
• In Australia, after the fourth post-transplant year, 25% of heart transplant patients actually die from skin cancer
• Only 54% of transplant recipients remembered receiving advice about skin cancer
• Only 40% of kidney transplant recipients reported using sunscreen, and 90% of those used sunscreen with a sun protection factor of less than 10

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