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Researchers have conducted a study which results have shown that people who receive solid organ transplants have double the risk of the general population for various forms of cancer. Researchers used data from the U.S. Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and from various state and regional cancer registries to determine the cancer risk. Some cancers that there was an increased risk for included cancers linked to infection and those not. To view the abstract and purchase the full article, please click here.