[HTML][HTML] Risk of renal cell carcinoma among kidney transplant recipients in the United States

S Karami, EL Yanik, LE Moore, RM Pfeiffer… - American journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a common malignancy following kidney transplantation. We
describe RCC risk and examine RCC risk factors among US kidney recipients (1987–2010).
The Transplant Cancer Match Study links the US transplant registry with 15 cancer
registries. Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) were used to compare RCC risk (overall and
for clear cell [ccRCC] and papillary subtypes) to the general population. Associations with
risk factors were assessed using Cox models. We identified 683 RCCs among 116 208 …