Higher cancer rates found in liver transplant patients receiving cyclosporine for immunosuppression
Thursday, June 24, 2010 - 11:01
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Erasmus MC University Medical Centre in The Netherlands found that cyclosporine treatment is a significant risk factor for the development of de novo cancer in liver transplant patients. Full details appear in the July issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).