Open AccessMalignancies in a renal transplant population: The St. Michael's Hospital experience
Author(s) -
Rola Saleeb,
Hala Faragalla,
George M. Yousef,
Robert Stewart,
Cathy Streutker
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.165712
Subject(s) - medicine , renal transplant , population , intensive care medicine , transplantation , environmental health
Previous publications have shown an increased incidence of various malignancies amongst renal transplant populations. The objective of this study was to analyze the rate and types of malignancies occurring in the St. Michael's Hospital renal transplant population and to determine whether our results were comparable to those previously published.