Cancer risk not affected by drug choice
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by DPS
Kidney transplant recipients are known to have a higher risk of cancer, compared to the general population, due to the need to take immunosuppressive drugs to prevent organ rejection.
Results from a significant, long-term study suggest that no single medication appears to increase this cancer risk.
The results, which were published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, reported that non-skin cancer was associated with increasing age and smoking history; skin cancer was associated with increasing age, non-brown eye colour, fairer skin, and a functioning transplant.
Therefore, patients at especially high risk can be monitored more closely and use preventive measures to protect against cancer.
