Recommendations for patients with prostate cancer who wish to undergo a kidney transplant

Over the past half a century, kidney transplants have increased significantly and more patients that are elderly are receiving kidney transplants. As a result, the eligibility of patients with prostate cancer who wish to receive a kidney transplant has become a significant issue facing the transplant community. Many questions have arisen because prostate cancer is an extremely variable disease that many times do not harm the patients but at other times, can cause the death of the patient.