Risk factors and prognosis of late acute rejection in Chinese kidney transplant recipients.

Aim: Accumulating literature indicates that late acute rejection (LAR) after kidney transplantation portends an unfavourable prognosis. There are no data on the incidence of LAR in Asian subjects, or its risk factors and associated clinical outcomes.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective single-centre case-+control study to investigate the incidence, risk factors and prognosis of LAR in Chinese kidney transplant recipients.

Renal cell carcinoma of native kidney in Chinese renal transplant recipients: a report of 12 cases and a review of the literature.

Objectives: To present and discuss the epidemiological and clinical aspects, as well as therapeutic options and outcome of de novo renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of the native kidneys in a series of Chinese renal transplant recipients.

Patients And Methods: A retrospective, cohort study examining all renal transplant recipients with the diagnosis of RCC of native kidney followed up in two major regional hospitals in Hong Kong between January 2000 and December 2009. Clinical data included age, gender, cause of renal failure, symptoms at presentation, duration of transplantation, immunosuppressive therapy, and history of acquired cystic kidney disease (ACKD).