@article {4632,
	title = {Prostate cancer in deceased organ donors: a review},
	volume = {28},
	year = {2014},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {1},
	abstract = {OBJECTIVE:

To estimate the risk of prostate cancer transmission in relation with organ procurement.
METHODS:

A literature search from the Medline database using the following keywords-transplantation, prostate cancer, organ procurement, donor transmitted malignancies, disease transmission, staging, evaluation, and PSA-was conducted to select 16 articles written in English and French over the last 15 years.
RESULTS:

The incidence of prostate cancer in deceased organ donors (DOD) has been estimated to be between 3\% and 18.5\%. There were more than 120 solid-organ transplantations performed with organs coming from DOD with a proven prostate cancer without any case of cancer transmission or death related to malignancy and only 1 case of transmission by the donor after a heart transplant has been described.
CONCLUSION:

Transmission of prostate cancer by a transplanted organ seems incidental. When PSA is measured, it should be suspected only if the value is beyond 20 ng/ml and in all cases, should be interpreted taking digital rectal examination (DRE) into account. Organs from a DOD with a DRE proving a T3-T4 prostate cancer should not be procured. Suspect iliac lymph nodes during the preparation of the vessels for cannulation must lead to the discontinuation of the procurement or a histological analysis.},
	doi = {10.1016/j.trre.2013.10.003},
	author = {Doerfler, A and Tillou, X and Le Gal, S and Desmonts, A and Orczyk, C and Bensadoun, H}
}
