Lung cancer in lung transplant recipients: Experience of a tertiary hospital and literature review

Raviv, Yael; Shitrit, David; Amital, Anat; Fox, Benjamin D.; Rosengarten, Dror; Fruchter, Oren; Bakal, Ilana; Kramer, Mordechai R.

doi:10.1016/j.lungcan.2011.02.012

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“…The mean interval between the transplant and the onset of cancer is 56 months (2). The disease in the native lung (emphysema, PF) certainly plays an important role as remarked by the different incidence in the native and transplanted lung (5).…”

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Devastating fast-growing lung cancer after single lung transplantation

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Devastating fast-growing lung cancer after single lung transplantation

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“…In 2 separate studies, the incidence of these bronchogenic cancers in lung transplants was 2.4% in 290 transplant recipients [37] and 2.6% in 345 transplant recipients [38] . The average interval from transplantation to the development of lung cancer is 5 years.…”

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“…The average interval from transplantation to the development of lung cancer is 5 years. These cancers occurred in patients with a history of smoking [37,38] and are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and have a poor outcome [37] .…”

Section: Cancers That Develop In the Transplantsmentioning

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Assessment of Chimerism in Epithelial Cancers in Transplanted Patients

Lebœuf

Ratajczak²,

Verine³

et al. 2014

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and the recipient. The results of different studies address the cancers that develop in both recipients and in transplants. The presence of chimeric cells in these two types of cancer implies an exchange of progenitor/stem-cells between transplant and recipient, and the plasticity of these progenitor/stem-cells contributes to epithelial cancers. The presence of chimeric cells in concomitant cancers and preneoplastic lesions implies that the oncogenesis of these cancers progresses through a multistep process.

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“…Nevertheless patients with unforeseen stage I bronchial carcinoma discovered in the explanted lung during actual transplantation may survive without recurrence for many years comparable to recipients transplanted for other diagnoses. Patients with more advanced disease, however, will do poorly after lung transplantation as they have a high chance to develop recurrences and to die within 1 year with widespread metastases (22,(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34).…”

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“…Referring to the study by Olland et al and our own literature search, 12 references (31,47,53,61,63,(66)(67)(68)(69)(70)(71)(72) were found reporting on primary lung cancer developing in the transplanted lung, most often after double-lung transplantation. The prevalence of bronchogenic carcinoma in the transplanted lung ranged from 0.3% to 0.4% (39).…”

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Lung cancer: a rare indication for, but frequent complication after lung transplantation

Raemdonck¹,

Vos²,

Yserbyt³

et al. 2016

J. Thorac. Dis.

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Lung transplantation is an effective and safe therapy for carefully selected patients suffering from a variety of end-stage pulmonary diseases. Lung cancer negatively affects prognosis, particularly in patients who are no longer candidates for complete resection. Lung transplantation can be considered for carefully selected and well staged lung cancer patients with proven, lung-limited, multifocal, (minimally invasive) adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS) (previously called bronchioloalveolar cell carcinoma) causing respiratory failure. Despite a substantial risk of tumour recurrence (33-75%), lung transplantation may offer a survival benefit (50% at 5 years) with best palliation of their disease. Reports on lung transplantation for other low-grade malignancies are rare. Lung transplant candidates at higher risk for developing lung cancer [mainly previous smokers with chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) or older patients] should be thoroughly and repeatedly screened for lung cancer prior to listing, and preferably also during waiting list time if longer than 1 year, including the use of PET-CT scan and EBUS-assisted bronchoscopy in case of undefined, but suspicious pulmonary abnormalities. Double-lung transplantation should now replace single-lung transplantation in these high-risk patients because of a 6-9% prevalence of lung cancer developing in the remaining native lung. Patients with unexpected, early stage bronchial carcinoma in the explanted lung may have favourable survival without recurrence. Early PET-CT (at 3-6 months) following lung transplantation is advisable to detect early, subclinical disease progression. Donor lungs from (former) smokers should be well examined at retrieval. Suspicious nodules should be biopsied to avoid grafting cancer in the recipient. Close follow-up with regular visits and screening test in all recipients is needed because of the increased risk of developing a primary or secondary cancer in the allograft from either donor or recipient origin.

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Lung cancer in lung transplant recipients: Experience of a tertiary hospital and literature review

Cited by 40 publications

References 22 publications

Devastating fast-growing lung cancer after single lung transplantation

Devastating fast-growing lung cancer after single lung transplantation

Assessment of Chimerism in Epithelial Cancers in Transplanted Patients

Lung cancer: a rare indication for, but frequent complication after lung transplantation

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