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Malignancy after renal transplantation: a single-centre experience
| Summary: | Introduction: Malignancy management in renal transplant recipients is becoming a major factor affecting long-term patient survival. Thus, we intended to evaluate both incidence and prognosis of malignant diseases following renal transplantation at a single centre in Portugal. Methods: We studied retrospectively the 2,358 patients who underwent kidney transplantation (KT) between 1983 and 2014. Apart from descriptive analysis, both demographic and clinical characteristics of cancer and non-cancer cancer patients were compared. Results: During a median follow-up of 118 (IQR 57-179) months, 139 patients (5.8%) developed 158 de novo malignancies, with a median time from KT to diagnosis of 76..5 (IQR 21.0-132.0) months. When compared to non-cancer patients, they were older at KT date, had longer graft survival and a lower living donor recipients prevalence. As for post-transplant malignancies analysis, the most common were non-cutaneous non-lymphomatous cancers (49.4%, n=78), skin cancers (35.4%, n=56) and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (9.5%, n=15). Considering specific diagnosis, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma with 17.1% and 16.5% respectively, and non-Hodgkin lymphomas with 7.6%, were the most frequent. Global mortality among cancer patients was 36.0%, with a median time of 9.7 (IQR 1.9-17.5) months from time of diagnosis to death. As for survival analysis, cancer patient survival was significantly lower while censored graft survival was significantly higher in this group. Conclusion: Incidence and characteristics of malignancy following renal transplantation in our unit are similar to those globally described, despite some traits probably a result of specific ethnic and environmental characteristics |
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| Main Authors: | Vieira,Pedro |
| Other Authors: | Barreto,Patrícia; Pedroso,Sofia; Almeida,Manuela; Martins,La Salete; Dias,Leonídio; Henriques,António Castro; Cabrita,António |
| Subject: | epidemiology kidney transplantation neoplasms |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Access type: | open access |
| Associated institution: | Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia |
| Language: | English |
| Origin: | SciELO Portugal |
| Summary: | Introduction: Malignancy management in renal transplant recipients is becoming a major factor affecting long-term patient survival. Thus, we intended to evaluate both incidence and prognosis of malignant diseases following renal transplantation at a single centre in Portugal. Methods: We studied retrospectively the 2,358 patients who underwent kidney transplantation (KT) between 1983 and 2014. Apart from descriptive analysis, both demographic and clinical characteristics of cancer and non-cancer cancer patients were compared. Results: During a median follow-up of 118 (IQR 57-179) months, 139 patients (5.8%) developed 158 de novo malignancies, with a median time from KT to diagnosis of 76..5 (IQR 21.0-132.0) months. When compared to non-cancer patients, they were older at KT date, had longer graft survival and a lower living donor recipients prevalence. As for post-transplant malignancies analysis, the most common were non-cutaneous non-lymphomatous cancers (49.4%, n=78), skin cancers (35.4%, n=56) and post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (9.5%, n=15). Considering specific diagnosis, squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma with 17.1% and 16.5% respectively, and non-Hodgkin lymphomas with 7.6%, were the most frequent. Global mortality among cancer patients was 36.0%, with a median time of 9.7 (IQR 1.9-17.5) months from time of diagnosis to death. As for survival analysis, cancer patient survival was significantly lower while censored graft survival was significantly higher in this group. Conclusion: Incidence and characteristics of malignancy following renal transplantation in our unit are similar to those globally described, despite some traits probably a result of specific ethnic and environmental characteristics |
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