Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111 , April 2011

Incidence of cancer in kidney-transplant recipients: A long-term cohort study in a single center

  • Hermina C. Wisgerhof

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Dermatology, B1-Q, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 71 5262421; fax: +31 71 5248106.
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  • Lydia G.M. van der Geest

      Affiliations

    • Leiden Cancer Registry, Comprehensive Cancer Center West, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Johan W. de Fijter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Geert W. Haasnoot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frans H.J. Claas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Saskia le Cessie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Rein Willemze

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jan N. Bouwes Bavinck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

,Accepted 1 July 2010.

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PII: S1877-7821(10)00127-X

doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2010.07.002

Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 105-111 , April 2011

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