title: Malignancies in renal transplant patients: 15 years experience in Thailand.
abstract: The increased incidence of malignancies post-renal transplantation is well established. We performed a retrospective review of the 270 renal transplant patients from May 1, 1992 to April 30, 2007, including 18 cases (6.7%) of malignancy. The most common cancer in the study was transitional cell carcinoma of the urinary tract (7/18). The second most common cancer was hepatocellular carcinoma (3/18). In contrast to reports from Caucasian countries, we found only 2/18 patients had posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disease and no report of skin cancer. Among the 18 patients with malignancy, 11 died (mortality rate = 61%). We encourage a more extensive study of malignancy post-renal transplantation at multiple centers with a tumor registry in Thailand.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Oncology, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. touchat100@hotmail.com
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ativitavas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jirasiritham
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ngorsakun
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pipatpannawong
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mavichak
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data