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Brazilian Transplant Organ Association: A Positive Look at the Past Decade
PREFACE Brazilian Transplant Organ Association: A Positive Look at the Past Decade HE 14th Brazilian Transplantation Association (ABTO) and 14th Luso-Brazilian Transplantation Congresses, together with the 13th Transplantation Nursing Meeting and Histocompatibility Forum were held in the city of Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, between October 24the27th, 2015. The meeting gathered 1256 participants coming from all Brazilian states, 24 from Portugal, 8 from the USA and others from Canada, Australia, Italy, Bolivia, Uruguay, and Paraguay. Thirty-one invited speakers addressed state-ofthe-art plenary sessions and topics related to clinical and surgical aspects of transplantation, basic and applied transplant science, immunosuppression, immunobiology of rejection, ethics, and stem cells. Around 800 abstracts were presented, 256 of them as oral presentations. There is no doubt that in the last decade, Brazil has made a remarkable progress in the transplantation field, justifying its second place in the world ranking in absolute number of transplants, only behind the USA. From 2005 to 2015 the total number of solid organs transplanted jumped from 4725 to 7911. During the same period the country observed almost a threefold increase in the number of deceased brain
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donor kidney transplants and a 50% decline in the number with living unrelated donors (1% of the total of kidney transplants performed). We still vehemently condemn the buying and selling organs and support the Declaration of Istanbul principles. Organ commerce is illegal and will continue to be strongly fought in the country. The last congress from Gramado showed the progress that has been achieved by transplant centers, both in basic science and in clinical transplantation, and additionally confirmed the Brazil growth potential in this area. Certainly much still needs to be improved, but the ABTO is confident that its associates and government will continue on the right track to further enhance organ transplants number and results in Brazil. Mario Abbud-Filho Guest Editor E-mail: mabbudfi[email protected] Valter Duro Garcia Guest Editor E-mail: [email protected]
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donor kidney transplants and a 50% decline in the number with living unrelated donors (1% of the total of kidney transplants performed). We still vehemently condemn the buying and selling organs and support the Declaration of Istanbul principles. Organ commerce is illegal and will continue to be strongly fought in the country. The last congress from Gramado showed the progress that has been achieved by transplant centers, both in basic science and in clinical transplantation, and additionally confirmed the Brazil growth potential in this area. Certainly much still needs to be improved, but the ABTO is confident that its associates and government will continue on the right track to further enhance organ transplants number and results in Brazil. Mario Abbud-Filho Guest Editor E-mail: mabbudfi[email protected] Valter Duro Garcia Guest Editor E-mail: [email protected]
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