Lung cancer after kidney transplantation: a 50-year experience at a single institution.

Hiroki WatanabeYuka KadomatsuShuhei HakiriHiromu YoshiokaTakahisa HiramitsuKenta FutamuraManabu OkadaNorihiko GotoShunji NarumiYoshihiko WataraiToyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa

Published in: Surgery today (2024)

Routine chest examination would be useful for the early diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer after kidney transplantation. Moreover, surgical resection for early-stage lung cancer was associated with a better prognosis for kidney transplantation patients.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
early stage
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
squamous cell carcinoma
lymph node