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Table 14.7

History of Cancer among Deceased Liver Donors

1999 to 2008

Type of Cancer	Year of Transplant
Type of Cancer	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Transplants	89	96	96	98	133	143	182	169	157	166
Skin (Melanoma)	15	12	11	12	12	19	14	14	17	25
Central Nervous System	36	38	34	34	32	36	47	36	38	34
Genito-Urinary (1)	19	21	20	32	44	43	64	49	42	37
Gastro-Intestinal (2)	2	3	3	3	3	4	6	6	8	4
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung	-	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	5	2
Breast/Thyroid	5	8	12	3	12	15	16	18	12	15
Leukemia/Lymphoma	-	1	1	1	2	4	2	1	3	1
Other	12	11	14	11	27	21	31	44	32	48
Skin (Melanoma)	16.9%	12.5%	11.5%	12.2%	9.0%	13.3%	7.7%	8.3%	10.8%	15.1%
Central Nervous System	40.4%	39.6%	35.4%	34.7%	24.1%	25.2%	25.8%	21.3%	24.2%	20.5%
Genito-Urinary (1)	21.3%	21.9%	20.8%	32.7%	33.1%	30.1%	35.2%	29.0%	26.8%	22.3%
Gastro-Intestinal (2)	2.2%	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%	2.3%	2.8%	3.3%	3.6%	5.1%	2.4%
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung	-	2.1%	1.0%	2.0%	0.8%	0.7%	1.1%	0.6%	3.2%	1.2%
Breast/Thyroid	5.6%	8.3%	12.5%	3.1%	9.0%	10.5%	8.8%	10.7%	7.6%	9.0%
Leukemia/Lymphoma	-	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.5%	2.8%	1.1%	0.6%	1.9%	0.6%
Other	13.5%	11.5%	14.6%	11.2%	20.3%	14.7%	17.0%	26.0%	20.4%	28.9%

Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 4, 2009.

(-) = 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.

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