Recommendations on the use of organs from donors with CNS tumours

Table M1: Recommendations on the use of organs from donors with central nervous system (CNS) tumours, by risk category. Derived from SaBTO¹ and the 2016 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system.² 1 Transplantation of Organs from Deceased Donors with Cancer or a History of Cancer. Advisory Committee on the Safety of Blood, Tissues and Organs (SaBTO), UK Government Department of Health, London, UK, 2014. ×2 Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Cavenee WK. World Health Organisation Histological Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2016, France ×

a Best available evidence suggests that the risk of transmission from donor to recipient in the case of Grade IV CNS tumours is ≤2%

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