Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 8, Issue 11, Pages 2185-2191Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2008.02385.x
Keywords
cancer; kidney transplantation; risk; screening
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Kidney transplant recipients are at higher risk of cancer at most sites, and cancer after transplantation causes considerable morbidity and mortality. To optimize long-term patient outcomes, clinicians balance the prospect of graft failure and dialysis, with competing risks of diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease and the risk of malignancy. In this paper we critically examine the assumptions underpinning primary prevention, immunization, chemoprevention and screening programs, and highlight considerations when applying evidence to the kidney transplant population, and suggest a clinical research agenda that aims to define a rational approach to managing posttransplant cancer risk.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available