| Title | De novo malignancy in pediatric organ transplant recipients |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1994 |
| Authors | Penn I |
| Journal | J Pediatr Surg |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 221 - 6; - discussion - 227-8 |
| Date Published | Feb |
| Accession Number | 8176596 |
| Keywords | Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Immunosuppression, Infant, Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects, Lymphoma / etiology, Male, Neoplasms / *etiology, Organ Transplantation / *adverse effects, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Skin Neoplasms / etiology |
| Abstract | Study of 7,393 types of cancer that occurred in 6,934 organ transplant recipients showed that the pattern of malignancies that developed in pediatric recipients was very different from that of the general pediatric population and that of adult recipients. Tumors (334) occurred in 326 pediatric patients (aged |
| Notify Library Reference ID | 1177 |
