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News for Healthier Living
Increased Cancer Risk for Kidney Transplant Recipients Linked to Epstein-Barr Virus
More than 90% of the adult population in the U.S. is or has been infected with Epstein Barr virus (EBV). EBV is a highly contagious member of the herpes virus family, best known for causing infectious mononucleosis ("mono") and for its association with several cancers and autoimmune diseases. Kidney transplant patients who've never been exposed to EBV but receive organs from a donor who carried the virus may develop a life-threatening post-transplant complication called lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD), according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. An estimated 4 to 5 percent of adult kidney transplants - as many as 1200 patients per year - could be at risk of the condition, in which the body's immune system gets confused and immune cells can grow out of control and act like cancer. The findings were recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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