title: Risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and of other cancers in Italian renal transplant patients.
abstract: A follow-up study of 1844 renal transplant patients in Italy showed a 113-fold increased risk for Kaposi's sarcoma. Kaposi's sarcoma risk was higher in persons born in southern than in northern Italy. Significant increases were also observed for cancers of the lip, liver, kidney and for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
authors.affiliation: 1Dip. Epidemiologia, INMI L Spallanzani, Via Portunese 292, 00149, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serraino
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Piselli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angeletti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Minetti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pozzetto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Civati
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farchi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Citterio
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rezza
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franceschi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Busnach
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012306:Risk; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors