tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post7492492058935098974..comments2024-03-27T06:52:45.545-04:00Comments on Bayblab: Malignancy from organ transplants?Kamelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15548259062576527751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-86800832602552891502008-04-08T14:20:00.000-04:002008-04-08T14:20:00.000-04:00Yeah it was a sensationalized bit of news, and I w...Yeah it was a sensationalized bit of news, and I was disappointed by the lack of case reports about it on pubmed, but the fact that the organs were removed from the two other recipients suggests the doctors strongly suspected that the transplant was the cause. Although I did see some mention on pubmed of viral-related transplant malignancies... In any case, as the Lancet review explained, such tumours DO occur and it can be confirmed by karyotyping.Anonymous Cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315733940344340689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14815894.post-43577720670111267572008-04-08T13:52:00.000-04:002008-04-08T13:52:00.000-04:00"4 get cancer from teen’s donated organs" There wa...<I>"4 get cancer from teen’s donated organs"</I> <BR/>There wasn't any mention in the news article of evidence or studies that demonstrated this was the case. As you alluded to, it's possible the lymphomas happened to arise de novo in the recipient as a result of immunosuppresants inactivating antitumor surveillance mechanisms. Or was the recipient's lymphoma caused by transfer of a virus like HHV-8 that readily induced tumorigenesis de novo in the immunosuppresed milieu?<BR/><BR/>It would be interesting to know whether (allogeneic)lymphoma cells can really be transferred between people when simply a pancreas or a liver is transplanted...Baymanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03436172198266062229noreply@blogger.com