Open AccessTransplant tumor registry: donors with central nervous system tumors1
Author(s) -
H. Myron Kauffman,
Maureen McBride,
Wida S. Cherikh,
Pamela Spain,
Francis L. Delmonico
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/00007890-200202270-00017
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , malignancy , central nervous system , brain tumor , transplantation , oncology , surgery , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics)
Despite 13,000 central nervous system (CNS) tumor deaths per year in the United States, CNS tumor donors comprise only 1% of cadaveric donors recovered per year. Concern about tumor transmission may be a possible reason for this very small percentage. Both the size of the candidate waiting list and the number of deaths on the waiting list are progressively increasing because of the donor shortage.