Post liver transplant, can you take treatment for cancer?

[PCBnPBC]

Someone suggested to me that liver transplant patients were unable to take treatment offered for cancer.

Is there any, some or no truth in this statement (does anyone know) ?

[Smyally]

I was told a long time ago so my information may be out of date. After transplant you have to take medication to lower your immune system so you body does not reject your new liver. Anti rejection drugs are very strong drugs and can often react and not work when combined with other strong medication. As we know chemotherapy is also a very strong medication and the two don’t work together. One counteracts the other so neither medication ends up doing its job. The last I heard was that they are desperately working on trying to develop a chemo that will work with anti rejection medication. As I said this information may be a bit out of date. This is what I was told when pre cancer started to develop in my bladder four years ago, 18 years after liver transplant.

[pear-shaped]

Hello,

Good to see you dropping in! How have you been?

Immune suppression does influence what sort of cancer treatment you can have - there is usually a specialist team in liver hospitals who deal with caring for transplant patients who have cancer.

The best person to talk to is your medical team.

Keep in touch.

Yours truly,

Pear