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Do you have specific waiting periods before a patient can be listed for a kidney transplant if they have a past history of malignancy?

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Nephrology · University of Alabama Birmingham

The pair of articles by Al-Adra and colleagues (Al-Adra et al., PMID 32976703; Al-Adra et al., PMID 32969590) outlining expert consensus opinions on melanoma/hematological and solid organ malignancies in transplant candidates serve as the primary references for this issue at our center. The treatmen...

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Nephrology · Mayo Clinic

Yes.

The waiting period varies from 0 to 5 years, according to the type of cancer and its stage.

We follow the recommendations published in AJT.

Al-Adra et al., PMID 32969590

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