Risk of malignant neoplasms after liver transplantation: A population-based study

Recipient Age and Mortality Risk after Liver Transplantation: A Population-Based Cohort Study

The aim of the present large population-based cohort study is to explore the risk factors of age-related mortality in liver transplant recipients in Taiwan. Basic information and data on medical comorbidities for 2938 patients who received liver transplants between July 1, 1998, and December 31, 2012, were extracted from the National Health Insurance Research Database on the basis of ICD-9-code...

Bowen disease and risk of subsequent malignant neoplasms: a population-based cohort study of 1147 patients.

OBJECTIVE To address the long-standing question of whether patients with Bowen disease are at increased risk of internal malignant neoplasms. PATIENTS A total of 1147 Danish patients diagnosed between 1978 and 1993 as having Bowen disease at nongenital sites were followed up for 6463 person-years for cancer occurrence up to 16 years after the skin lesion. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Standardized i...

Malignant neoplasms following cardiac transplantation.

OBJECTIVE Malignancies have long been recognized as a complication of long lasting immunosuppressive therapy. We reviewed our experience to investigate the incidence and the spectrum of non cutaneous de novo malignant neoplasms. METHODS Between March 1987 and March 1996, 296 patients underwent 303 cardiac transplantation in our service. The population at risk consists of all patients survivin...

Malignant Neoplasms in Kidney Transplantation

Second malignant neoplasms in childhood malignant brain tumour: a long-term population-based study.

AIM To provide a profile of second malignant neoplasms (SMN) in patients with childhood primary malignant brain tumour originating from neuroepithelial tissues with latest data in a population-based study. METHODS Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database (1973-2007) was used to identify above-stated patients. SMN patients were further identified, and standardised incidence ...