Oral active vitamin d therapy as a potential chemoprevention against post-transplant malignancy

• Main Authors: Yoshitsugu Obi (Author), Naotsugu Ichimaru (Author), Isao Matsui (Author), Takayuki Hamano (Author), Shiro Takahara (Author), Yoshitaka Isaka (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The Korean Society of Nephrology, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Post-transplant malignancy (PTM) is a limiting factor for both patient and allograft survival in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). We hypothesized that active vitamin D compounds (AVDs) could reduce the development of PTM in KTRs and evaluated the effects of AVD therapy in a prospective cohort of...