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Table 1 List of published data on the incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in renal transplanted patients in Iran

From: Seroprevalence of Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) and incidence of Kaposi's sarcoma in Iran

City

Renal Transplants

Male/Female (N)

Post-transplant Malignancies (%)

KS cases (%)

Male/Female (N)

Cutaneous/visceral (N)

Study period

References

Tehran

681

438/243

-

5 (0.73)

3/2

-

2000-2002

[52]

Tehran

100

53/47

6 (6)

2 (2.0)

2/0

-

2000-2002

[39]

Tehran

2211

-

-

10 (0.45)

8/2

8/2

1984-2007

[53]

Tehran

1750

-

28 (1.6)

13 (0.74)

-

-

1984-1999

[42]

Tehran

2050

-

-

18 (0.87)

13/5

18/1

1984-1999

[54]

Ahwaz

580

330/250

20 (3.4)

14 (2.4)

11/3

11/3

-

[40]

Babol

380

-

12 (3.15)

5 (1.3)

-

-

1999-2005

[41]

Shiraz

892

537/355

21 (2.3)

6 (0.68)

5/1

4/2

1988-2001

[38]

Tehran, Urmia, Babol, Sari, Tabriz, Hormozgan, Kerman

7,939

5018/2921

162 (2.04)

55 (0.69)

33/22

48/7

1984-2007

[37]

Tehran, Urmia, Babol, Sari, Tabriz, Hormozgan, Kerman, Isfahan, Ahwaz

11,255

7109/4146

128 (1.14)

77 (0.68)

48/29

-

1984-2008

[43]