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Odds for receiving a kidney transplant now equal for black, white and Hispanic candidates

Odds for receiving a kidney transplant now equal for black, white and Hispanic candidates

Jul 12, 2017 | Kidney/pancreas, News

Recent improvements in national kidney transplant policy have evened the rates at which African-American, Hispanic and Caucasian transplant candidates receive kidneys from deceased donors, according to UNOS data.

New pancreas transplant policies take effect

New pancreas transplant policies take effect

Oct 31, 2014 | Kidney/pancreas, News

As of October 30, 2014, new policies are in place to allocate pancreas and kidney-pancreas transplants.

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