Publications and books
An extract of the most important or recent publications and books:
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients With Advanced Skin Cancers-Emerging Strategies for Clinical Management
Carla Ferrándiz-Pulido, Ulrike Leiter-Stöppke, Catherine Harwood, Charlotte M Proby, Martina Guthoff, Christina H Scheel, Timm H Westhoff , Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, Thomas Meyer, Mirjam C Nägeli, Veronique Del Marmol, Celeste Lebbé, Alexandra Geusau
Transplantation 2023 Jan 5. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004459. Online ahead of print. PMID: 36706163 DOI: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004459
External Validation of the SUNTRAC Skin Cancer Prediction tool in a Large European Solid Organ Transplant Recipient Cohort
Alvaro Gómez-Tomás, MD, Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, MD, PhD, Roel Genders, MD, PhD, Carlos González-Cruz, MD, Estella de Jong, MD, Sarah Arron, MD, PhD, Vicente García-Patos, MD, PhD, Carla Ferrándiz-Pulido, MD, PhD
JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Jan 1;159(1):29-36. doi: 10.1001/
External Validation of the SUNTRAC Skin Cancer Prediction tool in a Large European Solid Organ Transplant Recipient Cohort
Alvaro Gómez-Tomás, MD, Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, MD, PhD, Roel Genders, MD, PhD, Carlos González-Cruz, MD, Estella de Jong, MD, Sarah Arron, MD, PhD, Vicente García-Patos, MD, PhD, Carla Ferrándiz-Pulido, MD, PhD
JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Jan 1;159(1):29-36. doi: 10.1001/
Clinicopathological Features, MCPyV Status and Outcomes of Posttransplant Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Retrospective, Multicenter Study
Carla Ferrándiz-Pulido, Álvaro Gómez-Tomás, Beatriz Llombart, Dolores Mendoza, Joaquim Marcoval, Stefano Piaserico, Can Baykal, Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, Emõke Rácz, Jean Kanitakis, Catherine A. Harwood, Petra Cetkovská, Alexandra Geusau, Veronique del Marmol, Emili Masferrer, Carmen Orte Cano, Jan Ricar,WalmarRoncalli deOliveira, Rafael Salido, Emilie Ducroux, Jose Antonio Lopez-Guerrero, Heinz Kutzer, Werner Kempf, and Deniz Seçkin
JEADV 2022;36(11):1991-2001
Interventions After First Post-Transplant Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Proposed Decision Framework
Bottomley MJ, Massey PR, Thuraisingham R, Doyle A, Rao S, Bibee KP, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A, Harwood CA. Transpl Int. 2022 Nov 22;35:10880. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10880. eCollection 2022
Consensus-Based Recommendations on the Prevention of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Delphi Consensus Statement.
Paul R Massey et al,JAMA Dermatol 2021 Oct 1;157(10):1219-1226. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3180. ITSCC in cooperation with SCOPE
Outcome of pretransplant melanoma after solid organ transplantation: an observational study
Marion Patras1, Evelyne Decullier2, Céleste Lebbé3, Julie Delyon3, Jacques Dantal4, Christophe Legendre5, Manal Mazloum5, Aurélie Du Thanh6, Feriel Boukari7, Denis Jullien8, Jean Kanitakis8, Emilie Ducroux.8 Finally a french study only (lack of means to conduct an international study), Transpl Int. 2021 Nov;34(11):2154-2165. doi: 10.1111/tri.14109
Consensus-based recommendations for the prevention of skin cancer in solid organ transplant recipients: Results of an international Delphi study
by Paul R. Massey, et al (last author Anokhi Jambusaria-Pahlajani); a collaborative work ITSCC (The International immunosuppression & Transplant Skin Cancer Collaborative, USA) and SCOPE; JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Oct 1;157(10):1219-1226. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2021.3180.
Dysregulation of tissue and serum microRNAs in organ transplant recipients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas.
By Geusau A, Borik-Heil L, Skalicky S, Mildner M, Grillari J, Hackl M, Sunder-Plassmann R. Health Sci Rep. 2020 Nov 19;3(4):e205. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.205. eCollection 2020 Dec. PMID: 3325133
J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Dec;33 Suppl 8:57-60. doi: 10.1111/jdv.15843.
– this JEADV supplement was a SCOPE-ITSCC collaborative under the lead author Prof Charlotte Proby
Treatment approaches in immunosuppressed patients with advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. Willenbrink TJ1, Jambusaria-Pahlajani A1, Arron S2, Seckin D3, Harwood CA4, Proby CM5. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Dec;33 Suppl 8:57-60. doi: 10.1111/jdv.15843.
Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) and immunosurveillance – the impact of immunosuppression on frequency of cSCC. Plasmeijer EI, Sachse MM, Gebhardt C, Geusau A, Bouwes Bavinck JN. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2019 Dec;33 Suppl 8:33-37. doi: 10.1111/jdv.16025. Review.
Aggressive Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Organ Transplant Recipients. Lanz J, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Westhuis M, Quint KD, Harwood CA, Nasir S, Van-de-Velde V, Proby CM, Ferrándiz C, Genders RE, Del Marmol V, Forchetti G, Hafner J, Vital DG, Hofbauer GFL. JAMA Dermatol. 2019 Jan 1;155(1):66-71. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2018.4406.
Management of Kaposi sarcoma after solid organ transplantation: A European retrospective study. Delyon J, Rabate C, Euvrard S, Harwood CA, Proby C, Güleç AT, Seçkin D, Del Marmol V, Bouwes-Bavinck JN, Ferrándiz-Pulido C, Ocampo MA, Barete S, Legendre C, Francès C, Porcher R, Lebbe C; Skin Care in Organ Transplant Patients Europe (SCOPE) group. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2019 Aug;81(2):448-455. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2019.03.028. Epub 2019 Mar 19.
Primary cutaneous posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorders in solid organ transplant recipients: a multicenter European case series
Seçkin D, Barete S, Euvrard S, Francès C, Kanitakis J, Geusau A, Del Marmol V, Harwood CA, Proby CM, Ali I, Güleç AT, Durukan E, Lebbé C, Alaibac M, Laffitte E, Cooper S, Bouwes Bavinck JN, Murphy GM, Ferrándiz C, Mørk C, Cetkovská P, Kempf W, Hofbauer GF. Am J Transplant. 2013 Aug;13(8):2146-53. doi: 10.1111/ajt.12281.
Melanoma in organ transplant recipients: clinicopathological features and outcome in 100 cases
Matin RN, Mesher D, Proby CM, McGregor JM, Bouwes Bavinck JN, del Marmol V, Euvrard S, Ferrandiz C, Geusau A, Hackethal M, Ho WL, Hofbauer GF, Imko-Walczuk B, Kanitakis J, Lally A, Lear JT, Lebbe C, Murphy GM, Piaserico S, Seckin D, Stockfleth E, Ulrich C, Wojnarowska FT, Lin HY, Balch C, Harwood CA; Skin Care in Organ Transplant Patients, Europe (SCOPE) group. Am J Transplant. 2008 Sep;8(9):1891-900. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02326.x.
Books
1st Edition
Dermatology and Solid Organ Transplantation
Edited By Nathalie C. Zeitouni, Faramarz H. Samie
Publication date: 16 Aug 2021
A.Geusau Bacterial, fungal and viral skin infections in Organ Transplant Recipients
Atlas of Dermatologic Diseases in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Springer
Editors Jane Tomimori, Walmar Roncalli Pereira de Oliveira
Carla Ferrándiz-Pulido • Marilia Marufuji Ogawa
Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Ongoing Projects
Skin cancer risk in Solid organ transplant recipients treated with modern versus classic immunosuppressive drugs (PI Elsemieke Plasmeijer Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam / Leiden University; The Netherlands, e.i.plasmeijer@outlook.com); joint project of immunosuppressive working groups of Keracon, SCOPE and ITSCC (‘Kerakon Project’) – to be started dependent on funding
Sequencing of Strategies for the Prevention of Skin Cancer in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: A Delphi Study (PI Catherine Harwood, Department of Dermatology, Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, Whitechapel, London E1 1BB)
Sun protection study – skin cancer prevention embedded within organ transplantation services (PI Charlotte Proby, School of Medicine, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School University of Dundee, DD1 9SY, c.proby@dundee.ac.uk)
Transcriptome-based tumour stratification to better identify cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas at risk for metastases in organ transplant recipients, the “SCOPE-ITSCC metastases study, phase 2”. Jan Nico Bouwes Bavinck, Charlotte Proby and Carla Ferrándiz.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors in Cancer in patients with history of OTR – a EADO & SCOPE European retrospective and prospective multicentric study Julie Deylon, Emilie Ducroux, Céleste Lébbé. Case collection ongoing
Dermatologic Manifestations of Covid-19 infection in Organ Transplant Recipients (OTR) and non-OTR individuals: Multicenter SCOPE/ITSCC Project
Covid-19 / skin study; Elisa Zavattaro from Novara, Italy and Deniz Seckin, Ankara propose a multicenter SCOPE-ITSCC project to collect the data of COVID-19-positive OTR and non-OTR individuals with dermatologic manifestations. Attached please find the questionnaire for this project. They hope that this project results in a publication in collaboration of all SCOPE and ITSCC members. Please find attached the forms and the announcement by Elisa Zanetti
Burden of skin disease in organ transplant recipients living with HIV.
IP Muhammad Junejo and Catherine Harwood
Educational Material
Leaflets on “Skin in Organ Transplant Recipients” by Prof. Deniz Seçkin, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey, providing information on skin infections and skin cancers in these patients are available at www.eadv.org/patientcorner/leaflets
