Cancer and End-Stage Kidney Disease: A Death Sentence?

Background: End-stage kidney disease is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, a feature that is shared with malignant neoplasms. Hence, patients with the cumulative effect of these two diseases frequently give rise to the question of whether dialysis should be implemented. The primar...

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Main Author: Chuva,Teresa (author)
Other Authors: Maximino,José (author), Barbosa,Joselina (author), Henrique,Rui (author), Silva,Sandra (author), Santos,Paulo (author), Loureiro,Alfredo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2016
Subjects:
cancer
end-stage kidney disease
haemodialysis
prognosis
survival
Online Access:http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0872-01692016000400006
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:scielo:S0872-01692016000400006

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