De Novo Cancer Incidence after Kidney Transplantation in South Korea from 2002 to 2017.

ABSTRACT: Advances in patient care and immunosuppressive drugs have improved graft survival, resulting in an increase in kidney transplantation (KT); however, persistent immunosuppression is thought to cause late occurrence of cancer. This population-based study consisted of a total of 14,842 patients whose data from the years 2002 to 2017 were collected from the National Health Information Database in South Korea. Malignancies occurred in 7.6% of the total KT patients. Prostate and thyroid cancers were the most common in males and females, respectively. From the age-adjusted incidence analysis, Kaposi's sarcoma showed the highest standardized incidence ratio in both male and female patients. According to the linear regression model, cancer incidence in KT recipients under immunosuppressive conditio

SUBMITTER: Kim B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8396914 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature