Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
26th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
New Directions in Calcineurin Inhibition
Madrid, Spain / April 5-8, 2006
The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation registry shows that use of the calcineurin inhibitor (CI) tacrolimus in heart transplantation has increased from less than 10% in 1999 to 46% in 2003 compared with cyclosporine,...
Based on the following article: J Am Soc Nephrol 2006;17(2):581-9
Immunosuppressive Regimens and Cancer Risk: Are All Anti-rejection Treatments the Same?
Transplantation March 2006
Reported by: G.V. Ramesh Prasad, MB, BS, MSc, FRCPC Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario Staff Physician St. Michael’s Hospital Toronto, Ontario As discussed by Dr. Josep Campistol, Provincial...
7th International Conference on New Trends in Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy
Immunosuppression and Malignancy: Directions for Positive Change
Berlin, Germany / February 16-19, 2006
“Cancer is now a leading cause of death in organ transplantation, having passed even cardiac death at some centres,” according to Dr. Josep Campistol, Provincial Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain. “After 10 to 30 years,...