Open AccessTransplant tumor registry: donor related malignancies
Author(s) -
H. Myron Kauffman,
Maureen McBride,
Wida S. Cherikh,
Pamela Spain,
William H. Marks,
Allan M. Roza
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 - 10.1097/00007890-200208150-00011
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cadaveric spasm , incidence (geometry) , surgery , cohort , organ procurement , malignancy , physics , optics
Transmission of donor malignancies has been intermittently reported since the early days of clinical transplantation. The incidence of United States donor related malignancies has not previously been documented.