De novo malignancies are one of the major late complications and causes of death after liver transplantation (LT). Using extensive data from the French national Agence de la Biomédecine database, the present study aimed to quantify the risk of solid organ de novo malignancies (excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers) after LT. The incidence of de novo malignancies among all LT patients between 1993 and 2012 was compared with that of the French population, standardized on age, sex, and calendar period (standardized incidence ratio; SIR). Among the 11,226 LT patients included in the study, 1200 de novo malignancies were diagnosed (10.7%). The risk of death was approximately 2 times higher in patients with de novo malignancy (48.8% versus 24.3%). The SIR for all de novo solid organ malignancies was 2.20 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.08-2.33). The risk was higher in men (SIR = 2.23; 95% CI, 2.09-2.38) and in patients transplanted for alcoholic liver disease (ALD; SIR = 2.89; 95% CI, 2.68-3.11). The cancers with the highest excess risk were laryngeal (SIR = 7.57; 95% CI, 5.97-9.48), esophageal (SIR = 4.76; 95% CI, 3.56-6.24), lung (SIR = 2.56; 95% CI, 2.21-2.95), and lip-mouth-pharynx (SIR = 2.20; 95% CI, 1.72-2.77). In conclusion, LT recipients have an increased risk of de novo solid organ malignancies, and this is strongly related to ALD as a primary indication for LT.

Patient navigation aiming at increasing CRC screening participation is more efficient among affluent individuals. Nevertheless, when the intervention is implemented for the entire population, social inequalities in CRC screening adherence increase. To reduce social inequalities, patient navigation should therefore be restricted to deprived populations, despite not being the most cost-effective strategy, and accepted to bear a higher extra cost per additional individual screened.

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Aims To estimate the incidence of chronic dialysis in patients with a history of cancer and assess how renal replacement therapy is initiated in this population. Methods We merged data from cancer registries and hospital databases in one French region to identify patients with an incident cancer between 2001 and 2008 who started chronic dialysis. Results Mean participation time was 3.4 ± 2.7 years. Males comprised 58.5 % of participants. During the study period, 74 chronic dialysis treatments were initiated. Chronic interstitial nephritis was the leading cause of end-stage renal disease (21.6 %), and 46.6 % of dialysis initiation cases were unplanned. The incidence rate of chronic dialysis initiation in the population of incident cancer patients was 370 per million population/year (74 events/199,809 person-years). After age-adjustment, the standardized incidence ratio was 1.26, 95 % confidence interval 0.98-1.57, p = 0.55. Conclusion Cancer patients are known to be at risk of chronic kidney disease. However, the standardized incidence ratio of chronic dialysis initiation did not differ significantly between cancer patients and the general population. Further studies should be performed to identify the barriers to starting renal replacement therapy in cancer patients.

Background: Breast cancer is the leading cancer in terms of incidence and mortality among women in France. Effective organized screening does exist, however, the participation rate is low, and negatively associated with a low socioeconomic status and remoteness.Objectives: To determine the cost-effectiveness of a mobile mammography (MM) program to increase participation in breast cancer screening and reduce geographic and social inequalities.Methods: A cost-effectiveness analysis from retrospective data was conducted from the payer perspective, comparing an invitation to a mobile mammography unit (MMU) or to a radiologist's office (MM or RO group) with an invitation to a radiologist's office only (RO group) (n = 37461). Medical and nonmedical direct costs were estimated. Outcome was screening participation. The mean incremental cost and effect, the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, and the costeffectiveness acceptability curve were estimated.Results: The mean incremental cost for invitation to MM or RO was estimated to be V23.21 (95% CI, 22.64-23.78) compared with RO only, and with a point of participation gain of 3.8% (95% CI, 2.8-4.8), resulting in an incremental cost per additional screen of V610.69 (95% CI, 492.11-821.01). The gain of participation was more important in women living in deprived areas and for distances exceeding 15 km from an RO. Conclusion:Screening involving a MMU can increase participation in breast cancer screening and reduce geographic and social inequalities while being more cost-effective in remote areas and in deprived areas. Because of the retrospective design, further research is needed to provide more evidence of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of using a MMU for organized breast cancer screening and to determine the optimal conditions for implementing it.