Donor transmitted and de novo cancer after liver transplantation

Table 1 Published cases of donor transmitted cancer among liver allograft recipients

Cancer type	Donor’s cause of death	Cancer known in donor	Recipient outcome and cause of death	Ref.
Choriocarcinoma	Cerebral haemorrhage	Identified on autopsy	Death due to DTC	[52]
	Cerebral haemorrhage	Identified in the placenta	Death due to DTC	[53]
	NS	No	Death due to DTC	[54]
	Cerebral haemorrhage	Diagnosed retrospectively by testing the stored serum	Death due to DTC	[55]
	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Death due to DTC	[56]
Colon	Cerebrovascular event	No	Death due to DTC	[57]
	Cerebrovascular event	No	Death due to DTC, despite re-transplant	[13]
	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Death due to DTC	[58]
CNS-astrocytoma	Astrocytoma	Yes	Death due to DTC	[59]
CNS-glioma, GBM	GBM	Yes	Death due to liver failure	[60]
	GBM	Yes	Death due to DTC	[61]
	Malignant glioma	Yes	Death due to DTC	[62]
CNS-pinealoblastoma	Pinealoblastoma	Yes	Death due to DTC	[63]
Kaposi’s sarcoma	NS	NS	Death due to DTC	[54]
Lymphoma	Suspected meningitis	Diagnosed after donation	Death due to DTC	[64]
Melanoma	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Death due to DTC	[24]
	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Death due to DTC	[65]
	Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage	No	Death due to DTC	[66]
	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Death due to DTC	[67]
	NS	No	Death due to DTC	[68]
Neuroendocrine cancer	Sub-arachnoid bleed	No	Death due to DTC	[69]
	Cerebrovascular event	No	Death due to DTC	[70]
	NS	No	Alive on chemotherapy	[71]
Ovary	Anoxic brain injury	No	Death due to DTC	[15]
Pancreas	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Alive at 1 yr following urgent re-transplant	[72]
Sarcoma	Asthma	No	NS	[73]
Unspecified adenocarcinoma	NS	NS	Alive at 8 mo following re-transplantation	[74]
Unspecified squamous carcinoma	Cerebral haemorrhage	No	Alive at 30 mo following re-transplantation	[75]
Urothelium	Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage	No	Alive at 4 yr following re-transplantation	[76]
	Sub-arachnoid haemorrhage	No	NS	[77]

NS: Not specified; DTC: Donor transmitted cancer; CNS: Central nervous system; GBM: Glioblastoma multiforme.