title: Cancer surveillance following orthotopic liver transplantation.
abstract: With the success of liver transplantation, the number of recipients continues to grow each year. Many of these patients have an increased risk for gastrointestinal malignancies. This article provides a rational basis for surveillance of gastrointestinal malignancies in the liver transplant recipient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. james.trotter@uchsc.edu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Trotter
mesh_terms: D001005:Anus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000601:surgery; D015209:Cholangitis, Sclerosing / Q000150:complications; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003113:Colonoscopy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011184:Postoperative Period