Cancer incidence and mortality after heart transplantation - A population-based national cohort study.
Acta Oncol
; 58(6): 859-863, 2019 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Cancer is currently one of the most important factors affecting the long-term health and survival of heart transplant patients. Material andmethods:
We calculated the standardized incidence ratios (SIR) for different cancer sites and the cancer-specific standardized mortality ratio (SMR) by linking a cohort of 479 adult heart transplant recipients transplanted in 1985-2014 (4491.6 person-years of follow-up) with data from the national Finnish Cancer Registry until the end of 2015, and with the data from the Statistics Finland's national registry of causes of death.Results:
A total of 267 cancers occurred in 143 patients (SIR 6.0; 95% confidence interval (CI) 5.3-6.7). The SIR for overall cancer was considerably higher for men (SIR 6.7; 95% CI 5.9-7.5) than for women (1.4; 95% CI 0.6-2.6). Most frequent cancers were non-melanoma skin cancers (basal cell carcinoma 83 cases, squamous cell skin cancer (SCC) 56 cases), followed by Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) (36 cases), lung cancer (17), cancer of prostate (16) and cancer of kidney (12). SIRs were highest for SCC (51.9; 95% CI 39.2-67.4), lip cancer (47.4; 95% CI 19.1-97.7), cancer of tongue (26.3; 95% CI 7.2-67.4), and NHL (25.7; 95% CI 18.0-35.6). For most cancers, SIRs increased steadily by time since transplantation. Cancer mortality was three times higher for heart transplant recipients than for the population (SMR 3.1; 95% CI 2.1-4.1).Conclusions:
Both cancer incidence and mortality are remarkably increased after heart transplantation, with the relative incidence most elevated for SCC, lip and other oral cancers, and for NHL.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Complicaciones Posoperatorias
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Sistema de Registros
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Trasplante de Corazón
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Cardiopatías
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Neoplasias
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Oncol
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Finlandia
Pais de publicación:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM