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Articles tagged "Malignancy"

  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Donor Derived Transmissions 2018: Analysis of the OPTN Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee (DTAC)

    M. Michaels1, B. Plucinski2, E. Ward2, L. Strasfeld1, M. Malinis1, C. Ho1, L. Danziger-Isakov1, J. Bucio1, G. Berry1, M. Rana1, C. Marboe1, S. Aslam1, R. Razonable1, S. Pouch1, G. F. Marklin1, J. Levitsky1, D. Levine1, A. Agarwal1, R. LaHoz1

    1OPTN DTAC, Richmond, VA, 2UNOS, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: The OPTN DTAC, a multidisciplinary group, evaluates potential donor derived transmission events (PDDTE), mostly infections (I) & malignancies (M), to assess the likelihood of…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Pancreatic Cysts Identified During Evaluation for Kidney Transplant: Selective Application of Endoscopic Ultrasound

    S. Merani, E. Edney, S. Singh, S. Westphal, L. Vargas

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

    *Purpose: Transplant recipients have a higher incidence of risk-adjusted malignancy than the general population, likely due to immunosuppression. The evaluation of a potential transplant candidate…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    De Novo Malignancy after Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Cirrhosis: Incidence and Outcomes

    M. M. Pascale, E. Nure, G. Bianco, F. Frongillo, S. Agnes

    Transplant Unit, Fondazione "Policlinico A. Gemelli" UCSC - Rome, Roma, Italy

    *Purpose: De novo malignancy, frequent liver transplant (LT) complication, is one of the long-term major causes of mortality. Risk factors are related to immunosuppressive status,…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Impact of Pretransplant Malignancy on Heart and Lung Transplant Recipients

    W. Kang1, C. T. Sparrow2, M. Kim1, M. Rachid3, S. M. Soriano3

    1Internal Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, 2Department of Cardiology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL, 3Department of Pulmonology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL

    *Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate pre-transplant malignancy (PTM) as a risk factor for worsened post-transplant prognosis in heart or lung transplant…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Relapse-Prone Unresectable Hepatoblastoma (HB) Requiring Liver Transplantation (LT) Are Immunogenic and May Be Sensitive to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

    M. Ningappa1, C. Ashokkumar1, J. Garifallou2, M. Gonzalez2, H. Hakonarson2, S. Ranganathan1, B. W. Higgs1, R. Sindhi1

    1Pediatric Transplant, Pittsburgh, PA, 2Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

    *Purpose: Unresectable HB accounts for 8% of all pediatric LT. Post-LT relapse rates approach 20% indicating a need for more effective neoadjuvant chemotherapy.*Methods: To discover…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia in a Lung Transplant Recipient

    A. Arjuna1, M. T. Olson2, S. Tokman1, S. Biswas Roy1, M. A. Smith1, R. M. Bremner1, R. Walia1

    1Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, 2University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ

    *Purpose: Malignancy is generally a contraindication to lung transplantation (LTx). Few reports describe clinical outcomes in patients undergoing solid-organ transplantation with indolent hematologic malignancy. We…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Graft Survival after Liver Transplantation for Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma

    I. A. Ziogas, L. A. Hickman, L. K. Matsuoka, M. I. Montenovo, M. Izzy, S. A. Rega, I. D. Feurer, S. P. Alexopoulos

    Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN

    *Purpose: Liver transplantation (LT) with neoadjuvant chemoradiation is increasingly utilized for the treatment for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CCA), however, post-LT graft survival is not well described.…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation for Primary Liver Sarcoma in Children-The US Experience from the Scientific Registry for Transplant Recipients (1988-2018)

    A. Amin, K. Soltys, S. Ranganathan, G. Bond, A. Khanna, A. Ganoza, Q. Sun, G. Mazariegos, R. Sindhi

    University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

    *Purpose: Primary liver sarcomas (PLS) are rare tumors and encompass subtypes with diverse histology and varying outcomes. These subtypes include embryonal sarcoma (ES), rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS),…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Limited Differences in Infectious Complications of Pediatric Liver Transplant between Hepatoblastoma and Non-Hepatoblastoma Patients

    H. Hendricks, A. Lane, J. Geller, A. Bondoc, A. Taylor, G. Paulsen, S. Hirth, S. Blum, G. Tiao, L. Danziger-Isakov

    Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med Cntr, Cincinnati, OH

    *Purpose: Pediatric liver transplantation (pLTX) has become a part of treatment for Hepatoblastoma (HB). The incidence and characterization of infectious events (IE) has not been…
  • 2020 American Transplant Congress

    Liver Transplantation for Patients with Cholangiocarcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Survival Rates

    I. A. Ziogas1, K. P. Economopoulos2, M. H. Hayat1, L. K. Matsuoka1, M. I. Montenovo1, M. Izzy1, S. P. Alexopoulos1

    1Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 2Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC

    *Purpose: Liver transplant (LT) accompanied by neoadjuvant chemoradiation has emerged as the only curative option for unresectable cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Although numerous centers have published their…
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