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Table 14.5

History of Cancer among Deceased Kidney Donors

2000 to 2009

Type of Cancer Year of Transplant
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total Transplants 154 169 147 196 195 222 209 235 230 179
Skin (Melanoma) 16 21 22 17 23 22 23 29 39 17
Central Nervous System 63 70 61 54 46 62 47 64 54 35
Genito-Urinary (1) 30 34 29 68 65 71 54 58 55 48
Gastro-Intestinal (2) 9 7 7 1 8 5 8 7 - 3
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung 2 3 - - 4 - - 5 - 1
Breast/Thyroid 6 12 12 16 19 19 23 15 18 24
Leukemia/Lymphoma 6 1 2 4 2 6 4 4 - 4
Other 22 21 14 36 28 37 50 53 64 47
Skin (Melanoma) 10.4% 12.4% 15.0% 8.7% 11.8% 9.9% 11.0% 12.3% 17.0% 9.5%
Central Nervous System 40.9% 41.4% 41.5% 27.6% 23.6% 27.9% 22.5% 27.2% 23.5% 19.6%
Genito-Urinary (1) 19.5% 20.1% 19.7% 34.7% 33.3% 32.0% 25.8% 24.7% 23.9% 26.8%
Gastro-Intestinal (2) 5.8% 4.1% 4.8% 0.5% 4.1% 2.3% 3.8% 3.0% - 1.7%
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung 1.3% 1.8% - - 2.1% - - 2.1% - 0.6%
Breast/Thyroid 3.9% 7.1% 8.2% 8.2% 9.7% 8.6% 11.0% 6.4% 7.8% 13.4%
Leukemia/Lymphoma 3.9% 0.6% 1.4% 2.0% 1.0% 2.7% 1.9% 1.7% - 2.2%
Other 14.3% 12.4% 9.5% 18.4% 14.4% 16.7% 23.9% 22.6% 27.8% 26.3%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of October 1, 2010.

(-) = None in category.

Squamous and basal cell skin cancer, as well as unknown and missing, are not counted as history of cancer.

(1) Genito-Urinary: kidney, bladder, uterine cervix, uterine body, ovarian, vulva, testicular, prostate.

(2) Gastro-Intestinal: tongue, throat, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colo-rectal, liver and biliary tract, pancreas.