A peak in the incidence of Kaposi sarcoma amongst black organ transplant recipients in London

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is estimated to occur 500 times more frequently in organ transplant recipients (OTRs) than in the background population. Our academic teaching hospital has offered a dedicated OTR skin surveillance clinic since 1989, and we observed 16 cases of KS between 1989-2016. Eleven of these cases occurred in patients of black African/Caribbean (BAC) descent (8.4% of the overall BAC cohort (131 patients)). KS was significantly more common in OTRs of BAC descent than in patients of other ethnicities (P
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - Category: Dermatology Source Type: research