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KIMS Secunderabad doctors successfully treat kidney transplant recipient with intestinal cancer
['Telangana Today']
Telangana Today
KIMS Secunderabad doctors successfully treat kidney transplant recipient with intestinal cancerDoctors at KIMS Hospitals, Secunderabad, successfully treated a 42-year-old kidney transplant recipient diagnosed with high-grade intestinal lymphoma.
The patient underwent complex bowel surgery followed by chemo-immunotherapy, overcoming the challenges of cancer treatment after organ transplantation.
By Telangana Today Published Date - 5 August 2026, 05:35 PMHyderabad: Doctors at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospitals, Secunderabad, on Wednesday claimed to have successfully treated a 42-year-old kidney transplant patient suffering from intestinal cancer.
The woman patient, who received a donor kidney from her mother and underwent kidney transplantation in 2009, was admitted with severe abdominal pain, recurrent vomiting, and weight loss.
Treating such a cancer in a kidney transplant recipient posed an extremely complex challenge, said Dr Mounika Boppana, Medical Oncology and Hemato-Oncology.