Incidence of Malignancy after Living Kidney Transplantation: A Multicenter Study from Iran

• Main Author: Behzad Einollahi, Zohreh Rostami, Mohammad Hossein Nourbala, Mahboob Lessan-Pezeshki, Naser Simforoosh, Eghlim Nemati, Vahid Pourfarziani, Fatemeh Beiraghdar, Mohsen Nafar, Fatemeh Pour-Reza-Gholi, Mitra Mahdavi Mazdeh, Manochehr Amini, Pedram Ahmadpour
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2012-01-01
• Series: Journal of Cancer
• Online Access: http://www.jcancer.org/v03p0246.htm

<p>Malignancy is a common complication after renal transplantation. However, limited data are available on post-transplant malignancy in living kidney transplantation. Therefore, we made a plan to evaluate the incidence and types of malignancies, association with the main risk factors and patient survival in a large population of living kidney transplantation. We conducted a large retrospective multicenter study on 12525 renal recipients, accounting for up to 59% of all kidney transplantation in Iran during 22 years follow up period. All information was collected from observation of individual notes or computerized records for transplant patients. Two hundred and sixty-six biopsy-proven malignancies were collected from 16 Transplant Centers in Iran; 26 different type of malignancy categorized in 5 groups were detected. The mean age of patients was 46.2&#177;12.9 years, mean age at tumor diagnosis was 50.8&#177;13.2 years and average time between transplantation and detection of malignancy was 50.0&#177;48.4 months. Overall tumor incidence in recipients was 2%. Kaposis' sarcoma was the most common type of tumor. The overall mean survival time was 117.1 months (95% CI: 104.9-129.3). In multivariate analysis, the only independent risk factor associated with mortality was type of malignancy. This study revealed the lowest malignancy incidence in living unrelated kidney transplantation.</p>