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Nephrology • Transplant nephrology
Do you have specific waiting periods before a patient can be listed for a kidney transplant if they have a past history of malignancy?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
The pair of articles by Al-Adra and colleagues (Al-Adra et al., PMID 32976703; Al-Adra et al., PMID 32969590) outlining expert consensus opinions on melanoma/hematological and solid organ malignancies in transplant candidates serve as the primary references for this issue at our center. The treatmen...
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Answer from: at Academic Institution
Yes.The waiting period varies from 0 to 5 years, according to the type of cancer and its stage.We follow the recommendations published in AJT.Al-Adra et al., PMID 32969590