The team analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute's Transplant Cancer Match Study, which contains information on all solid organ transplant recipients in the United States, as well as data from 15 population - based US cancer registries. (sciencedaily.com)
Survival rates vary, but the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 41 percent of organ transplant recipients who contract aspergillosis die within a year. (sciencenews.org)
While he said he hoped his fame as the first organ transplant recipient to win an Olympic medal would «get families talking about organ donation,» he said he never felt any pressure to win to make his ordeal worthwhile. (MomsTeam.com)