Paul M. Schroder MD, PhD, Ben E. Biesterveld MD, David P. Al-Adra MD, PhD
{"title":"Premalignant Lesions in the Kidney Transplant Candidate","authors":"Paul M. Schroder MD, PhD, Ben E. Biesterveld MD, David P. Al-Adra MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>End-stage kidney disease patients who are referred for transplant undergo an extensive evaluation process to ensure their health prior to transplant due in part to the shortage of available organs. Although management and surveillance guidelines exist for malignancies identified in the transplant and waitlist populations, less is written about the management of premalignant lesions in this population. This review covers the less common premalignant lesions (intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, gastrointestinal stromal tumor, thymoma, and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor) that can be found in the transplant candidate population. High-level evidence for the management of these rarer premalignant lesions in the transplant population is lacking, and this review extrapolates evidence from the general population and should not be a substitute for a multidisciplinary discussion with medical and surgical oncologists.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140137229","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vikas R. Dharnidharka MD, MPH , Marianna B. Ruzinova MD, PhD , Lianna J. Marks MD
{"title":"Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders","authors":"Vikas R. Dharnidharka MD, MPH , Marianna B. Ruzinova MD, PhD , Lianna J. Marks MD","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151503","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151503","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are a heterogenous set of unregulated lymphoid cell proliferations after organ or tissue transplant. A majority of cases are associated with the Epstein-Barr virus and higher intensity of pharmacologic immunosuppression. The clinical presentations are numerous. The diagnosis is ideally by histology, except in cases where the tumor is inaccessible to biopsy. While some pre-emptive therapies and treatment strategies are available have reasonable success are available, they do not eliminate the high morbidity and significant mortality after PTLD.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151503"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140190166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ellen Dobrijevic MD , Nicole Scholes-Robertson PhD , Chandana Guha MA , Martin Howell PhD , Allison Jauré PhD , Germaine Wong MD, PhD , Anita van Zwieten PhD
{"title":"Patient-Centered Research and Outcomes in Cancer and Kidney Transplantation","authors":"Ellen Dobrijevic MD , Nicole Scholes-Robertson PhD , Chandana Guha MA , Martin Howell PhD , Allison Jauré PhD , Germaine Wong MD, PhD , Anita van Zwieten PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151499","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151499","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cancer has been identified by kidney transplant recipients as a critically important outcome. The co-occurrence of cancer and kidney transplantation represents a complex intersection of diseases, symptoms, and competing priorities for treatments. Research that focuses on biochemical parameters and clinical events may not capture the priorities of patients. Patient-centered research can improve the relevance and efficiency of research and is particularly pertinent in the setting of cancer and kidney transplantation to facilitate shared decision-making in complex clinical situations. In addition, patient-reported outcomes can facilitate the assessment of patients’ experiences, symptom burden, treatment side effects, and quality of life. This review discusses patient-centered research in the context of kidney transplantation and cancer, including consumer involvement in research and patient-centered outcomes and their measures and inclusion in core outcome sets.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151499"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140306846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Access to Cancer Care: Prevention and Screening for Females Post Kidney Transplantation Around the World","authors":"Nicole Scholes-Robertson PhD , Zibya Barday PhD , Bianca Davidson MBChB , Abirami Krishnan MBBS, MD, MRCP , Maleeka Ladhani MBBS, PhD , Louise Lerminiaux BBus, MBA , Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze MD, MSc, PhD , Amanda Vinson MD, MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151502","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151502","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Kidney transplantation offers recipients superior outcomes and improved quality of life compared with dialysis. However, the need for ongoing immunosuppression places recipients at increased risk of certain forms of cancer. Screening and early detection of precancerous lesions are one of the few proven ways to lower the risk of cancer morbidity and mortality in the transplant population. Women have additional barriers to cancer screening services globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries as well as within certain disadvantaged groups in high-income countries. There is a dearth of published data on screening guidelines and policies on post-transplant malignancy in female recipients. It is vital that health care providers and patients are educated regarding the risks of cancer at all post-transplant stages and that the recommended screening policies are adhered to in order to reduce associated morbidity and mortality in this at-risk group.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151502"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141293687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Kidney Transplantation in Multiple Myeloma and Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance","authors":"Nelson Leung MD , Cihan Heybeli MD","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151497","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151497","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent advances in the treatment of plasma cell disorders (PCDs) have provided a wealth of therapy alternatives and improved overall survival tremendously. Various types of PCDs are associated with kidney injury and end-stage kidney disease in a considerable number of patients. Kidney transplantation (KTx) is the best option for renal replacement therapy in select patients in terms of both quality of life parameters and overall survival. Even with modern therapies, all PCDs carry the risk of hematologic progression, whereas histologic recurrence and graft loss are other prevailing concerns in these patients. The risk of mortality is also higher in some of these disorders compared with KTx recipients who suffer from other causes of kidney disease. Unlike solid cancers, there is no well-defined “waiting time” after hematologic remission before proceeding to KTx. Thus, clinicians are usually reluctant to recommend KTx to patients who develop end-stage kidney disease due to PCDs. This review aims to provide the current evidence on KTx outcomes in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance and multiple myeloma. Although immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis is a monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance subtype, KTx outcomes in this group are mentioned in another chapter of this issue.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151497"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140132467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karthik Venkataraman MBBS , Tania Salehi MBBS , Robert P. Carroll MD, PhD, FRACP, A(ACHI)
{"title":"Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Recipients of Renal Allografts","authors":"Karthik Venkataraman MBBS , Tania Salehi MBBS , Robert P. Carroll MD, PhD, FRACP, A(ACHI)","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151500","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151500","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Kidney transplant recipients are at increased risk of malignancy as a result of immunosuppression and are increasingly exposed to checkpoint inhibitors (CPIs). However, CPI therapy can precipitate allograft rejection. This review aims to summarize the current literature describing the epidemiology, immunological mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of CPI-associated allograft rejection.Initial studies of CPIs suggested allograft rejection post commencement of CPIs occured commonly (40-60%), occurring between 2 and 6 weeks after CPI initiation, with a cancer response rate approaching 50%. More recent studies with predefined, structured immunosuppressive regimens have seen rejection rates of 0-12.5%, with rejection occurring later. Allograft biopsy remains the mainstay of diagnosis; however, noninvasive tools are emerging, including donor-derived cell-free DNA, urinary chemokine assessment, and defining alloreactive T-cell clones prior to or during CPI therapy.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151500"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140319148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adoptive Immune Effector Cell Therapies in Cancer and Solid Organ Transplantation: A Review","authors":"Brittany Schreiber MD , Sudipta Tripathi PhD , Sarah Nikiforow MD, PhD , Anil Chandraker MBChB","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151498","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151498","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cancer is one of the most devastating complications of kidney transplantation and constitutes one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among solid organ transplantation (SOT) recipients. Immunosuppression, although effective in preventing allograft rejection, inherently inhibits immune surveillance against oncogenic viral infections and malignancy. Adoptive cell therapy, particularly immune effector cell therapy, has long been a modality of interest in both cancer and transplantation, though has only recently stepped into the spotlight with the development of virus-specific T-cell therapy and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. Although these modalities are best described in hematopoietic cell transplantation and hematologic malignancies, their potential application in the SOT setting may hold tremendous promise for those with limited therapeutic options. In this review, we provide a brief overview of the development of adoptive cell therapies with a focus on virus-specific T-cell therapy and chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy. We also describe the current experience of these therapies in the SOT setting as well as the challenges in their application and future directions in their development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151498"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140330108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pediatric Kidney Transplantation: Cancer and Cancer Risk","authors":"Kaitlyn E. Order MD, Nancy M. Rodig MD","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151501","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2024.151501","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Children with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) face a lifetime of complex medical care, alternating between maintenance chronic dialysis and kidney transplantation. Kidney transplantation has emerged as the optimal treatment of ESKD for children and provides important quality of life and survival advantages. Although transplantation is the preferred therapy, lifetime exposure to immunosuppression among children with ESKD is associated with increased morbidity, including an increased risk of cancer. Following pediatric kidney transplantation, cancer events occurring during childhood or young adulthood can be divided into two broad categories: post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders and non-lymphoproliferative solid tumors. This review provides an overview of cancer incidence, types, outcomes, and preventive strategies in this population.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"44 1","pages":"Article 151501"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140788705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Florine V. Janssens MD , Björn Meijers MD, PhD , Karlien François MD, PhD
{"title":"Avoiding Systemic Heparinization During Hemodialysis: How the Dialysis Setup Might Help","authors":"Florine V. Janssens MD , Björn Meijers MD, PhD , Karlien François MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2023.151483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semnephrol.2023.151483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><span>Heparin is the most widely used anticoagulant for maintaining patency of the </span>extracorporeal blood circuit during </span>intermittent hemodialysis<span><span>. Inadvertently, this leads to systemic heparinization of the patient. Repeated intermittent heparinization during hemodialysis has been associated with increased bleeding risks and metabolic and immunologic effects. Alternative strategies for minimizing systemic </span>anticoagulation encompass dilution methods, regional citrate anticoagulation, priming of the extracorporeal circuit, and modifications to dialyzer membranes and dialysate composition. The effectiveness of these alternatives in maintaining patency of the extracorporeal circuit varies substantially. Although most studies have focused on particular changes in the hemodialysis setup, several combined interventions for adapting the hemodialysis setup are now being studied. This narrative review aims to present an overview of the current landscape of hemodialysis setup strategies aimed at limiting or avoiding systemic anticoagulation during treatment. Additionally, this review intends to shed light on the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms that contribute to variations observed in reported outcomes.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":21756,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in nephrology","volume":"43 6","pages":"Article 151483"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}