...Clara García-Carro; Juliana Draibe; María José Soler The relation that connects cancer and renal damage is bidirectional and this renal damage worsens quality of life and increases morbidity in high-complexity patients such as patients with cancer and kidney injury. Strikingly, in the last decade...

...Sophia M. Sears; Andrew Orwick; Leah J. Siskind Background: Cisplatin-induced kidney injury is a major challenge hindering treatment of cancer patients. Thirty percent of patients treated with cisplatin develop acute kidney injury (AKI). Even patients that do not develop AKI are at risk for long...

...Enrico Garattini; Alessandra Tavani A study recently published in Science demonstrates a strong correlation between the total number of stem cell divisions and the lifetime risk of cancer in various organs. The tumors considered are divided into two classes, that is, D (Deterministic) and R...

...Alain Meyrier; Michel Delahousse; Patrice Callard; Muriel Rainfray In 2 patients with the nephrotic syndrome, unsuspected solid tumors were found. One was a small cell lung carcinoma, accompanied with the syndrome of inappropriate ADH secretion. The other was a cancer of the breast with lymph node...

... in their clearance. (3) The etiology of CA 15.3 elevation following successful kidney transplantation remains obscure and requires further evaluation. 26 02 1991 11 12 2008 Cancer α-Fetoprotein Carcinoembryonic antigen Dialysis Kidney graft © 1991 S. Karger AG, Basel 1991 Copyright...

...Armando Lindner; Vernon T. Farewell; Donald J. Sherrard The records of 151 patients receiving long-term dialysis for an average of 66 months were reviewed to determine the incidence of malignancy. Nine cancers were found among 148 male patients. 8 of these 9 patients were smokers. This finding...