Table 14.5

History of Cancer among Deceased Kidney Donors

1995 to 2004

Type of Cancer Year of Transplant
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total Transplants 121 124 139 128 168 153 169 147 196 193
Skin (Melanoma) 11 10 28 13 18 16 21 22 15 23
Central Nervous System 52 42 53 55 73 62 70 61 54 46
Genito-Urinary (1) 28 44 29 35 46 30 34 29 68 63
Gastro-Intestinal (2) 2 1 2 4 4 9 7 7 1 8
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung 2 - - - - 2 3 - - 4
Breast/Thyroid 15 13 13 4 3 6 12 12 16 19
Leukemia/Lymphoma - 2 2 2 2 6 1 2 4 2
Other 11 12 12 15 22 22 21 14 38 28
Skin (Melanoma) 9.1% 8.1% 20.1% 10.2% 10.7% 10.5% 12.4% 15.0% 7.7% 11.9%
Central Nervous System 43.0% 33.9% 38.1% 43.0% 43.5% 40.5% 41.4% 41.5% 27.6% 23.8%
Genito-Urinary (1) 23.1% 35.5% 20.9% 27.3% 27.4% 19.6% 20.1% 19.7% 34.7% 32.6%
Gastro-Intestinal (2) 1.7% 0.8% 1.4% 3.1% 2.4% 5.9% 4.1% 4.8% 0.5% 4.1%
Larynx/Bronchi/Lung 1.7% - - - - 1.3% 1.8% - - 2.1%
Breast/Thyroid 12.4% 10.5% 9.4% 3.1% 1.8% 3.9% 7.1% 8.2% 8.2% 9.8%
Leukemia/Lymphoma - 1.6% 1.4% 1.6% 1.2% 3.9% 0.6% 1.4% 2.0% 1.0%
Other 9.1% 9.7% 8.6% 11.7% 13.1% 14.4% 12.4% 9.5% 19.4% 14.5%


Source: OPTN/SRTR Data as of May 2, 2005.

(-) = 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.