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Balancing uncertain risks in candidates for solid organ transplantation with a history of malignancy: Who is safe to transplant?
Author(s) -
Hart Allyson,
Engels Eric A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.16366
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , transplantation , organ transplantation , intensive care medicine , harm , surgery , law , political science
For potential transplant candidates, a history of prior malignancy presents a challenge to balance 3 goals: providing access to life‐saving organ transplantation, causing harm due to cancer recurrence, and misusing a scarce resource. See Al‐Adra et al.'s reviews on pages 460 and 475.
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