Risk of Kaposi's sarcoma and of other cancers in Italian renal transplant patients

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 572-575

  Serraino, D ^a   Piselli, P ^a   Angeletti, C ^a   Minetti, E ^b   Pozzetto, A ^c   Civati, G ^b   Bellelli, S ^a   Farchi, F ^d   Citterio, F ^c   Rezza, G ^d   Franceschi, S ^e   Busnach, G ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Italy; Kaposi's sarcoma; Liver cancer; Renal transplant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; ITALY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; ITALY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 20144376598     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602346     Document Type: Article

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