Open AccessFIRST REPORT OF THE UNITED NETWORK FOR ORGAN SHARING TRANSPLANT TUMOR REGISTRY: DONORS WITH A HISTORY OF CANCER1
Author(s) -
H. Myron Kauffman,
Maureen McBride,
Francis L. Delmonico
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200012270-00014
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , skin cancer , transplantation , malignancy , immunosuppression , organ procurement , oncology , surgery
Severe organ shortages have led to donor pool expansion to include older individuals, patients with hypertension, diabetes, and a past history of cancer. Transmission of cancer from cadaveric donors is a risk of transplantation and carries a high mortality rate.