Medical Oncology

Transplant nephrology

Questions discussed in this category

Should a patient who requires definitive treatment for prostate cancer as a pre-transplant requirement be strictly required to complete their course prior to transplant/initiation of immunosuppression?

Patient is undergoing RT and has already started on a GnRH antagonist. If so, how long after their last fraction would be an appropriate wait time?

1 Answer available

Can tacrolimus in a transplant patient be used during radiation and concurrent chemoradiation?

Does your practice differ depending on the disease site?

1 Answer available

Would you consider a BRCA carrier patient for kidney transplantation?

5 Answers available

How do you approach treatment for patients with proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMID) with end-stage renal disease who are considering kidney transplant?

Most patients with PGNMID have no detectable disease in their marrow or blood and urine protein cannot adequately be monitored.

1 Answer available

What is your strategy for managing immunosuppression in patients with a kidney transplant who develop metastatic cancer?

3 Answers available

Would you consider clearing a patient with essential thrombocytosis for a kidney donation?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Transplantation reviews (Orlando, Fla.), 2021 Jun 24

Management of the kidney transplant patient with Cancer: Report from a Multidisciplinary Consensus Conference.

Oncology research, 2018-04-10

Normalization of Elevated Tumor Marker CA27-29 After Bilateral Lung Transplantation in a Patient With Breast Cancer and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Balkan journal of medical genetics : BJMG, 2023 May 02

Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic Variant Patients with Breast, Ovarian, and Other Cancers.

Kidney international, 2018-07

Proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal immunoglobulin G deposits is associated with high rate of early recurrence in the allograft.

BMC nephrology, 2019-02-14

Complete biopsy-proven resolution of deposits in recurrent proliferative glomerulonephritis with monoclonal IgG deposits (PGNMIGD) following rituximab treatment in renal allograft.

American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons, 2020 Oct 23

Pretransplant solid organ malignancy and organ transplant candidacy: A consensus expert opinion statement.

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