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Answer: True!
The adjusted 5-year survival of incident end-stage
renal disease (ESRD) patients after onset of ESRD
following living donor kidney transplant remains
~93%, while it is ~83% for patients who have a
deceased donor transplant, and ~41% for those
who remain on dialysis.5