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Quantifying skin cancer risk following allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant in Queensland, Australia

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Fig. 1: Skin cancer-free survival.

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The datasets generated and analysed during the current study are not publicly available as these represent patient registries; however, further information is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to acknowledge all patients whose data contributed to this study. This study was approved by the Metro North Human Research and Ethics Committee. The QSkin Study was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (P1309, P2034).

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  1. Department of Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, QLD, Australia

    Philip Wong, Yin Yuan, Jason Butler, Cameron Curley, Simon Durrant, Andrea Henden,  James Morton, Elango Subramoniapillai, Caroline Stewart, Siok-Keen Tey, Glen A. Kennedy & Ashleigh P. Scott

  2. Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia

    Philip Wong, David C. Whiteman, Catherine M. Olsen, Andrea Henden & Ashleigh P. Scott

  3. Cancer Control Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia

    David C. Whiteman & Catherine M. Olsen

  4. Translational Cancer Immunotherapy, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, QLD, Australia

    Andrea Henden & Siok-Keen Tey

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Study concept and design by APS. Retrospective HCT data collection by PW, YY and APS. DCW and CMO provided QSkin summary data and epidemiologic expertise. Statistical analysis by JB, S-KT and APS. All authors aside from DCW and CMO contributed directly to HCT patient care and primary data collection. PW and APS wrote the manuscript, and all authors contributed to the final manuscript.

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DCW is supported by a Research Fellowship [APP1155413] from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC). The QSkin Study has been supported by NHMRC grants APP1185416, APP1073898, APP552429, APP1063061. The authors declare no competing interests.

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Wong, P., Whiteman, D.C., Olsen, C.M. et al. Quantifying skin cancer risk following allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplant in Queensland, Australia.
Bone Marrow Transplant (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-023-02138-6

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  • Received: 02 August 2023

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  • Accepted: 17 October 2023

  • Published: 27 October 2023

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