Spectrum of Cancer Risk Among US Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

A. Engels, Eric; M. Pfeiffer, Ruth; F. Fraumeni, Joseph; L. Kasiske, Bertram; K. Israni, Ajay; J. Snyder, Jon; A. Wolfe, Robert; P. Goodrich, Nathan; Rana Bayakly, A.; A. Clarke, Christina; Copeland, Glenn; L. Finch, Jack; Lou Fleissner, Mary; T. Goodman, Marc; R. Kahn, Amy; Koch, Lori; F. Lynch, Charles; M. Madeleine, Margaret; Pawlish, Karen; Rao, Chandrika; A. Williams, Melanie; Castenson, David; Curry, Michael; Parsons, Ruth; Fant, Gregory; Lin, Monica

doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1592

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Spectrum of Cancer Risk Among US Solid Organ Transplant Recipients

Published in JAMA • Nov 1, 2011

Authors:

Eric A. Engels

Ruth M. Pfeiffer

Joseph F. Fraumeni

Abstract

CONTEXT: Solid organ transplant recipients have elevated cancer risk due to immunosuppression and oncogenic viral infections. Because most prior research has concerned kidney recipients, large studies that include recipients of differing organs can inform cancer etiology. OBJECTIVE: To describe the ...

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Medicine

Immunosuppression

Cancer

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