Systematic review of melanoma incidence and prognosis in solid organ transplant recipients

Table 1 Characteristics of 12 included studies reporting relative incidence of post-transplant melanoma

First author (publication year)	Country	Graft type	Transplant years	Population size	Follow-up time
Jiang[8]	Canada	Heart	1981–1998	1,703	10,369 person-years
Webster[7]	Australia, New Zealand	Renal	1963–2004	15,183	130,186 person-years; median 7.2 years
Birkeland[10]	Nordic^a	Renal	1964–1982	5,692	32,392 person-years
Villeneuve[16]	Canada	Renal	1981–1998	11,033	81,237 person-years
Moloney[3]	Ireland	Renal	1986–2001	1,558	Median 5.7 years
Bastiaannet[9]	Netherlands	Renal	1989–2003	1,125	8165 person-years; mean 7.3 years
Aberg[13]	Finland	Liver	1982–2005	540	3222 person-years; mean 6.3 years
Jiang[12]	Canada	Liver	1983–1998	2,034	10,371 person-years
Adami[6]	Sweden	Renal, liver, heart, lung	1970–1997	5,931	40,360 person-years; mean 6.8 years
Jensen[5]	Denmark	Renal, liver, heart, lung	1977–2006	5,279	35,615 person-years; median 5 years
Collett[4]	United Kingdom	Renal, liver, heart, lung	1980–2007	37,617	Median 16 years
Engels[19]	United States	Renal, liver, heart, lung	1987–2008	175,732	775,147 person-years

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