Long-term follow-up of lung and heart transplant recipients with pre-transplant malignancies

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  • Vilborg Sigurdardottir
  • Oystein Bjortuft
  • Hans Eiskjær
  • Bjorn Ekmehag
  • Einar Gude
  • Gustafsson, Finn
  • Inger Hagerman
  • Maija Halme
  • Jyri Lommi
  • Lena Mared
  • Gerdt Riise
  • Svein Simonsen
Concern regarding recurrence of pre-transplant (Tx) malignancy has disqualified patients from Tx. Because this has been poorly studied in lung and heart Tx recipients our aim was to investigate the influence of pre-Tx malignancy on post-Tx recurrence and long-term survival, focusing on pre-operative cancer-free intervals.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Volume31
Issue number12
Pages (from-to)1276-80
Number of pages5
ISSN1053-2498
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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