Tetsuya Tajima, Olivia M Martinez, Daniel Bernstein, Scott D Boyd, Dita Gratzinger, Grant Lum, Kazunari Sasaki, Brent Tan, Clare J Twist, Kenneth Weinberg, Brian Armstrong, Dev M Desai, George V Mazariegos, Clifford Chin, Thomas M Fishbein, Akin Tekin, Robert S Venick, Sheri M Krams, Carlos O Esquivel
BACKGROUND: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) is the most common malignancy in children after transplant; however, difficulties for early detection may worsen the prognosis. METHODS: The prospective, multicenter, study enrolled 944 children (≤21 years of age). Of these, 872 received liver, heart, kidney, intestinal, or multivisceral transplants in seven US centers between 2014 and 2019 (NCT02182986)...
June 2024: Pediatric Transplantation