Cancer incidence in a kidney-transplanted population.
The cancer incidence in all Finnish kidney-transplant recipients up to 1991 was studied. In 2090 patients 94 cancers were diagnosed, with a calculated incidence of 14.2% at 15 years' follow-up. The standardised incidence rate (SIR) compared with the entire Finnish population was 2.7, and it remained stable throughout the follow-up period. The SIR for skin cancer was 20, for thyroid cancer 11, and for kidney cancer, non Hodgkin lymphomas, cancer of the colon, bladder and female genital organs, 7, 6, 5, 4 and 3 respectively.
Surgical Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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D015331:Cohort Studies; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005833:Genital Neoplasms, Female / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology