Organ transplantation

Organ transplantation

The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.

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malignancy

Health care; Organ transplantation

A cancer, neoplasm or tumor that grows in an uncontrolled manner, invading nearby tissue and metastasizing (spreading) to other sites through the bloodstream.

emphysema

Health care; Organ transplantation

A Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in which an abnormal accumulation of air in tissues or organs, especially of the lungs which results in air trapping within the lungs.

idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Health care; Organ transplantation

A chronic progressive interstitial lung disease of unknown cause, characterized by inflammation and fibrosis of the lung parenchyma.

cystic fibrosis (CF)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A chronic, progressive, and frequently fatal inherited disease of the body's mucus glands.

institutional review board (IRB)

Health care; Organ transplantation

A committee of physicians, statisticians, researchers, community advocates, and others that ensures that a clinical trial is ethical and that the rights of study participants are protected.

A common virus that remains dormant in most people, but may be a problem in transplant recipients. It has been associated with certain cancers, including Burkitt's lymphoma, immunoblastic lymphoma, ...