Cancer risk for kidney transplant

Saturday, May 1, 2010 - 05:10 in Health & Medicine

Kidney transplant recipients are known to have a higher risk of cancer, compared to the general population, due to the need to take immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ rejection. Results published today from a significant, long-term study suggest that no single medication appears to increase this cancer risk...

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