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Table 14.9

History of Cancer among Deceased Heart 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	39	43	30	28	36	27	40	26	27	31
Skin (Melanoma)	2	5	1	4	3	4	3	1	3	4
Central Nervous System	25	21	17	14	16	14	20	9	14	17
Genito-Urinary (1)	9	7	3	5	6	4	9	7	4	3
Gastro-Intestinal (2)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Breast/Thyroid	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-
Leukemia/Lymphoma	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-
Other	2	7	8	5	10	3	6	9	4	7
Skin (Melanoma)	5.1%	11.6%	3.3%	14.3%	8.3%	14.8%	7.5%	3.8%	11.1%	12.9%
Central Nervous System	64.1%	48.8%	56.7%	50.0%	44.4%	51.9%	50.0%	34.6%	51.9%	54.8%
Genito-Urinary (1)	23.1%	16.3%	10.0%	17.9%	16.7%	14.8%	22.5%	26.9%	14.8%	9.7%
Gastro-Intestinal (2)	-	-	3.3%	-	-	-	2.5%	-	-	-
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung	-	2.3%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Breast/Thyroid	2.6%	2.3%	-	-	2.8%	3.7%	2.5%	-	3.7%	-
Leukemia/Lymphoma	-	2.3%	-	-	-	3.7%	-	-	3.7%	-
Other	5.1%	16.3%	26.7%	17.9%	27.8%	11.1%	15.0%	34.6%	14.8%	22.6%

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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