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Table 3 Association of risk of common malignancies in KTRs

From: Renal association clinical practice guideline in post-operative care in the kidney transplant recipient

Relative risk

KTR Common cancers

High RR >5

Kaposi’s sarcoma

Eye

Lymphoma

Kidney

Non-melanoma skin

Lip

Thyroid

Medium RR 1-5

Melanoma

Cervix

Vulvovaginal

Bladder

Colon

Lung

Stomach

Oesophagus

Oropharynx and Larynx

Myeloma

Anus

Leukaemia

Hepatobiliary

No increase

Breast

Prostate

Ovary

Uterus

Pancreas

Brain

Testis

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BMC Nephrology

ISSN: 1471-2369

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