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SUBMITTER: Karami S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5104677 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Karami S S Yanik E L EL Moore L E LE Pfeiffer R M RM Copeland G G Gonsalves L L Hernandez B Y BY Lynch C F CF Pawlish K K Engels E A EA
American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 20160623 12
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common malignancy following kidney transplantation. We describe RCC risk and examine RCC risk factors among US kidney recipients (1987-2010). The Transplant Cancer Match Study links the US transplant registry with 15 cancer registries. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were used to compare RCC risk (overall and for clear cell [ccRCC] and papillary subtypes) to the general population. Associations with risk factors were assessed using Cox models. We identified 6 ...[more]