Registry series: Lung cancer following kidney transplant (2002)

Record number: 
262
MPHO Type: 
Estimated frequency: 
Most recent risk assessment for Lung Cancer (Council of Europe, 2022): Any histotype of newly-diagnosed lung cancer is an unacceptable risk for organ donation. Lung cancer in the donor history: Treated lung cancer is considered to be associated with a high transmission risk. Risk may decrease after curative therapy, with recurrence-free time and with increasing probability of cure.
Time to detection: 
14 months
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence: 
Not specified. 14 months after Tx, widely disseminated lung cancer discovered. Surviving after 2 years in dialysis after transplantectomy having been performed.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause: 
Not specified, presented as donor origin tumor. Two kidneys transplanted. Not evidence of malignancy in the other kidney recipient.
Imputability grade: 
2 Probable
Groups audience: 
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Registry series
Lung cancer, type not specified
Kidney transplant
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Expert comments for publication: 
Reported as part of a series of transmissions in the UNOS database