Renal donors with prostate cancer, no longer a reason to decline. Review uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • OBJECTIVE: To fully assess the true risk of prostate cancer transmission in during renal transplantation. METHODS: A full review of all existing literature relevant to the topic. RESULTS: There has not been a single documented case of transmission of prostate cancer during renal transplant. Prostate cancer in deceased organ donors has an incidence estimated between 3% and 18.5% and over 100 transplants have been performed using organs from donor with proven prostate cancer without issue. CONCLUSION: Transmission of prostate cancer through kidney transplantation seems very unlikely. The risks of remaining on the waiting list are outweighed by a transmission risk and the potential benefit makes the case to have clear guidelines about donor prostate malignancy when accepting potential organs.

publication date

  • June 19, 2015

Research

keywords

  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Living Donors
  • Prostatic Neoplasms
  • Tissue and Organ Procurement

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84939554063

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.trre.2015.06.001

PubMed ID

  • 26275676

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 30

issue

  • 1