Study: Prostate Cancer Risk Higher for Kidney Transplant Recipients

Men who have had kidney transplants appear to be at somewhat greater risk of prostate cancer, according to a report in the journal Transplantation.

Members of the Renal Transplantation Committee of the French Urological Association reported this conclusion after tracking outcomes of patients who received kidneys in the late 1990s at 22 French transplant centers.

They reported that among the 2,338 kidney transplant recipients followed up, 28 (1 percent) cases of prostate cancer had been diagnosed and treated.

"The incidence of prostate cancer in renal transplant recipients appeared to be higher than expected," the researchers reported. "Prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing should be performed routinely each year in renal transplantation centers."

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