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SUBMITTER: Benoni H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7756726 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benoni Henrik H Eloranta Sandra S Dahle Dag O DO Svensson My H S MHS Nordin Arno A Carstens Jan J Mjøen Geir G Helanterä Ilkka I Hellström Vivan V Enblad Gunilla G Pukkala Eero E Sørensen Søren S SS Lempinen Marko M Smedby Karin E KE
Transplant international : official journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 20200925 12
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) have an increased cancer risk compared to the general population, but absolute risks that better reflect the clinical impact of cancer are seldom estimated. All KTRs in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland, with a first transplantation between 1995 and 2011, were identified through national registries. Post-transplantation cancer occurrence was assessed through linkage with cancer registries. We estimated standardized incidence ratios (SIR), absolute excess ri ...[more]