Novel guidelines for organ donor cancer screening.
Donor transmitted malignancy is a real disastrous risk when dealing with expanded criteria donors. As donor age is increasing, guidelines for cancer screening of the elderly brain dead organ donors must be evidence-based but systematic review of such is sparse. Based on a review of published literature and our 20 years' experience, we propose a new series of guidelines concerning screening for the four most common malignancies: breast colon, lung and prostate cancer. Prospective testing of the efficacy of such protocol will then follow.
Department of Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mazen
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Hassanain
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D002102:Cadaver; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000592:standards*