Risk of cancer following immunosuppression in organ transplant recipients and in HIV-positive individuals in southern Europe.
Risk of cancer following immunosuppression in organ transplant recipients and in HIV-positive individuals in southern Europe. Research Abstract Details
This investigation highlighted the risk of cancer in 8074 HIV-infected people and in 2875 transplant recipients in Italy and France. Observed and expected numbers of cancer were compared through sex- and age-standardised incidence ratios (SIRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). After 15 years of follow-up, the cumulative probability of cancer was 14.7% in transplant recipients and 13.3% in HIV-positives. The SIRs for all cancers were 9.8 in HIV-positives and 2.2 in transplants. Kaposi's sarcoma (SIR=451 in HIV-positives, 125 in transplants) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (SIR=62 and 11.1, respectively) were the most common cancers. A significantly increased SIR for liver cancer also emerged in both groups. The risk of lung cancer was significantly elevated in heart transplant recipients (SIR=2.8), and of borderline statistical significance in HIV-positive people (95% CI:0.9-2.8). Immune depression entails a two-fold increased overall risk of cancers, mainly related to cancers associated with a viral aetiology.
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Risk of cancer following immunosuppression in organ transplant recipients and in HIV-positive individuals in southern Europe. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov
Journal: European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990
VOLUME: 43
Page Numbers: 2117-23
Journal Abbreviation: Eur. J. Cancer
ISSN: 0959-8049
DAY: 30
MONTH: 08
YEAR: 2007
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AFFILIATION: Unità di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, via F Gallini, 2, 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy. serrainod@cro.it
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