17Sep/18

Cancer Spreads From Organ Donor To 4 Recipients In ‘Extraordinary Case’ – news9.com KWTV


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Cancer Spreads From Organ Donor To 4 Recipients In ‘Extraordinary Case’
news9.com KWTV
She had no known medical conditions that would have precluded organ donation, and multiple tests showed no signs of cancer. Doctors transplanted her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart into the donor recipients. (The heart-transplant patient died of
Three patients die from breast cancer through organ donationBioNews

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17Sep/18

Organ wait list shortcut: Patients accepting kidneys, hearts infected with hepatitis C – USA TODAY


USA TODAY

Organ wait list shortcut: Patients accepting kidneys, hearts infected with hepatitis C
USA TODAY
Hospitals have long discarded organs donated by patients who were infected with hepatitis C. But with a new class of direct-acting antiviral drugs that can cure the infection – and an opioid crisis that’s produced thousands of potential donors with the

17Sep/18

Children lose out on liver transplants, study finds – NBCNews.com


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Children lose out on liver transplants, study finds
NBCNews.com
The waiting list is long mostly because so few people sign up to become organ donors. Live donors can give one kidney and sometimes a part of their liver but usually other organs must come from people who have died. Families are often reluctant to
The brothers have shared video games, happy memories and now, a liverThe Columbus Dispatch
Liver Allocation System Disadvantages Children Awaiting TransplantsNewswise (press release)
They’ve shared video games, contented recollections and now, a liver. Man donates segment of liver to in wretched …Newsline

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17Sep/18

Cancer spreads from organ donor to 4 people in “extraordinary case” – WDEF News 12


WDEF News 12

Cancer spreads from organ donor to 4 people in “extraordinary case”
WDEF News 12
She had no known medical conditions that would have precluded organ donation, and multiple tests showed no signs of cancer. Doctors transplanted her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart into the donor recipients. (The heart-transplant patient died of
Three patients die from breast cancer through organ donationBioNews

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