Solid Organ Transplants are associated with a dramatically increased risk of skin cancer. It is therefore vital that these patients are both informed of the dangers associated with excess sun exposure and educated on how to minimize their own personal risk. This project will involve a questionnaire given to renal transplant patients, asking primarily about their behaviors in the sun and their awareness of the dangers of sun exposure; but also about other skin cancer risk factors such as smoking. The data gathered from these questionnaires will then be statistically analysed and towards the end of the project, the aim is to prepare an abstract for publication and also; for example, an informative leaflet, video, et cetera which can then be circulated to renal transplant patients with the goal of showing them how they can reduce their risk of developing skin cancers as much as possible.
