title: What Clinical Changes Can We Expect in the Next 5 Years? A Review of the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society.
abstract: Scientific presentations at the 26th International Congress of The Transplantation Society held in Hong Kong from August 18 to 23, 2016, highlighted accomplishments, challenges and opportunities in contemporary clinical organ transplantation. With nearly 1600 original abstract submissions, this review summarizes notable presentations in addressing a diversity of issues including deceased and living organ donation, improving allograft survival and unmet clinical needs in organ transplantation.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Gill
mesh_terms: D064591:Allografts; D000818:Animals; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006085:Graft Survival; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents; D019520:Living Donors; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000379:methods*; D014180:Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents