Kidney Cancer Following Heart Transplantation, a Common Presentation of an Uncommon Malignancy: A Unique Case Series.
CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case series study describing kidney tumors following HT. With the improving outcomes and life expectancy of HT patients, a better understanding of the factors that determine cancer risk is of the utmost importance and may have a major impact on the non-cardiac surveillance.
PMID: 32378819 [PubMed - in process]
Source: The Israel Medical Association Journal - Category: General Medicine Tags: Isr Med Assoc J Source Type: research
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