Malignancies in renal transplant recipients

Thiagarajan, C.M; Divakar, Darshan Devang; Thomas, Sany

doi:10.1016/s0041-1345(98)00974-9

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“…In reports from other developing countries, KS is consistently the most common cancer after kidney transplantation. 7,[18][19][20] In developed countries, the risk of KS is increased several-fold, 21 and KS accounts for 0-10% of all post-transplant cancers, 22,23 an experience commensurate with the 11% noted in White patients in this study. George Oettle first noted profound racial differences in susceptibility to endemic KS: Black patients were considerably more prone to KS than the White, Coloured and Indian patients living alongside them.…”

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Kaposi's sarcoma in kidney transplant recipients: a 23-year experience

Moosa

2005

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Ethnic differences exist in the frequency of KS in patients residing in the same geographical area. Since withdrawal results in graft loss, reducing immunosuppression should be first-line treatment for patients with disease limited to skin, and possibly for disease of the superficial lymph nodes. The malignant behaviour of KS, and extent of pathological involvement, cast doubt on the idea that KS is a hyperplasia rather than a true malignancy.

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