Table 14.5

History of Cancer among Deceased Kidney Donors

1997 to 2006

Type of Cancer Year of Transplant
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total Transplants 139 128 168 154 169 147 196 195 220 208
Skin (Melanoma) 28 13 18 16 21 22 15 23 22 23
Central Nervous System 53 55 73 63 70 61 54 46 62 47
Genito-Urinary (1) 29 35 46 30 34 29 68 65 71 54
Gastro-Intestinal (2) 2 4 4 9 7 7 1 8 5 8
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung - - - 2 3 - - 4 - -
Breast/Thyroid 13 4 3 6 12 12 16 19 19 23
Leukemia/Lymphoma 2 2 2 6 1 2 4 2 6 4
Other 12 15 22 22 21 14 38 28 35 49
Skin (Melanoma) 20.1% 10.2% 10.7% 10.4% 12.4% 15.0% 7.7% 11.8% 10.0% 11.1%
Central Nervous System 38.1% 43.0% 43.5% 40.9% 41.4% 41.5% 27.6% 23.6% 28.2% 22.6%
Genito-Urinary (1) 20.9% 27.3% 27.4% 19.5% 20.1% 19.7% 34.7% 33.3% 32.3% 26.0%
Gastro-Intestinal (2) 1.4% 3.1% 2.4% 5.8% 4.1% 4.8% 0.5% 4.1% 2.3% 3.8%
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung - - - 1.3% 1.8% - - 2.1% - -
Breast/Thyroid 9.4% 3.1% 1.8% 3.9% 7.1% 8.2% 8.2% 9.7% 8.6% 11.1%
Leukemia/Lymphoma 1.4% 1.6% 1.2% 3.9% 0.6% 1.4% 2.0% 1.0% 2.7% 1.9%
Other 8.6% 11.7% 13.1% 14.3% 12.4% 9.5% 19.4% 14.4% 15.9% 23.6%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 1, 2007.

(-) = 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.