Main description:

Cancer and the Kidney covers the challenging overlap area of nephrology and oncology. Kidney problems in cancer patients, and cancer that affects kidney patients, are both very real clinical issues in medicine. For example, cancer is a common complication of kidney transplantation, and up to half of all survivors of bone marrow transplant may develop chronic kidney disease.

Since publication of the first edition in 2005, there have been many changes in this area. These include the recognition of chronic kidney disease after uninephrectomy for cancer, the occurrence of medication toxicities of the EGFR antagonists and of the VEGF antagonists, and changes in the approach to multiple myeloma. In this new edition, the primary authors cover diverse subjects in this area, ranging from assessment of kidney function, to paraneoplastic disorders, acquired cysts and native
kidney cancers, and all points inbetween. Each chapter starts with a case study to ensure a practical focus, and there are numerous illustrations throughout. Specialists and trainees in nephrology and in oncology will find it a useful starting point and reference, as will physician assistants and
nurse practitioners who work in these fields.

Contents:

1. The assessment of kidney function ; 2. Fluid and electrolyte disorders associated with cancer ; 3. Paraneoplastic glomerulopathies ; 4. Paraproteins and the kidney ; 5. Nephrotoxicity of chemotherapy agents and chemotherapy administration in patients with renal disease ; 6. Biological cancer therapies and the kidney ; 7. Radiation nephropathy ; 8. Renal complications of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ; 9. Acute renal failure in cancer patients ; 10. Urinary tract obstruction in cancer patients ; 11. Acquired cysts and cancer of failing kidneys ; 12. Kidney cancer ; 13. Cancer after renal transplantation