Abstract
Mandatory use of prolonged immunosuppression in organ transplantation is complicated by an increased incidence of cancer. The current study represents a retrospective analysis of the incidence of neoplasms in our heart transplantation program. Four-hundred and seventy-four patients (403 male and 71 female; mean age, 48.6+/-12.1 years), with at least 30 days of follow-up, were enrolled in this study. Patients received triple immunosuppression with cyclosporin A, azathioprine and steroids. Moreover, as a prophylactic anti-lymphocyte therapy, 388 patients (82%) were administered RATG, 67 patients (14%) received ALG and 19 patients (4%) OKT3. The mean follow-up time was 71.1+/-43.0 months. Fifty-five patients (11.6%) developed malignant neoplasms. The cancer frequencies were: solid tumors, 55%; non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL), 20%; Kaposi's sarcomas, 11%; skin cancers, 9%; undifferentiated sarcomas and myelomas, 5%. Solid tumors mainly affected the lung (39%), bowel (16%), stomach (6.5%), liver (6.5%), pancreas (6.5%) and oral cavity (6.5%). The times to the onset of cancer from transplantation were: Kaposi's sarcoma, 12.7+/-16.8 months; skin cancers, 34.5+/-23.8 months; solid tumors, 54.3+/-38.7 months; NHL, 60.1+/-36.4 months; undiff...Continue Reading
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