Smoking In Combination With Immunosuppression Poses Greater Risk For Transplant-Related Carcinoma
April 5th, 2011
Smoking In Combination With Immunosuppression Poses Greater Risk For Transplant-Related Carcinoma
Spanish researchers have found that liver transplant recipients who quit smoking have a lower incidence of smoking-related malignancies (SRM) than patients who keep smoking. In fact, SRMs were identified in 13.5% of deceased patients and smoking was associated with a higher risk of malignancy in this study. Full findings are published in the April issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal of the …
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