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The Nordic Project on Renal Transplantation and Cancer

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Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients

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Abstract

The feasibility of transplanting kidneys is a tremendous step forward in the treatment of uremic patients, but like all other medical conquests it has its price; one of the drawbacks is the risk of cancer. The theory that cancer arises in conditions of reduced immune capacity in the host was first put forward by Thomas (1959) and later developed in the theory of immune surveillance by Burnet (1964). Since then the theory has been supported by observations made in animal experiments and in reports from human clinical medicine involving patients with immune deficiencies, patients undergoing immunosuppressive treatment, and patients who have undergone kidney transplantation.

This study has been supported by Olga og Esper Boels Fond, A/S Fehr og Co’s Fond, Arvid Nilssons Fond, Ingenioer N.M. Knudsens Fond, Koebmand Sven Hansen og Hustru Ina Hansens Fond, Fonden af 1870, Familien Hede Nielsens Fond, Direktoer E. Danielsen og hustrus Fond, Mads Clausens Fond and S & W Fondet.

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  1. Institut für Toxikologie und Chemotherapie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, W-6900, Heidelberg, Germany

    Dietrich Schmähl

  2. Medical Center, College of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Unviersity of Cincinnati, 231, Bethesda Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, USA

    Israel Penn

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Birkeland, S.A. (1991). The Nordic Project on Renal Transplantation and Cancer. In: Schmähl, D., Penn, I. (eds) Cancer in Organ Transplant Recipients. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75991-8_9

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