Table 5.
Cancer registry cause of death in 489 recipients with one pretransplant cancer diagnosis and cancer death specified in SRTR
| Cancer registry cause of death | N | Proportion of total deaths specified as due to cancer in SRTR | Proportion of deaths confirmed as due to cancer by cancer registry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | 306 | 62.6% | 100% |
| Pretransplant cancer | 105 | 21.5% | 34.3% |
| Posttransplant cancer | 158 | 32.3% | 51.6% |
| Uncertain* | 43 | 8.8% | 14.1% |
| Noncancer | 44 | 9.0% | - |
| Missing/unknown | 139 | 28.4% | - |
| Total | 489 | 100% |
*
Information was insufficient to determine whether the cancer death was due to the pretransplant cancer or posttransplant cancer.
Abbreviation: SRTR; Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients