Onconephrology

This case based resource focuses on kidney disease in patients with cancer. Chapters cover the pathophysiology and management of specific kidney diseases in cancer patients, as well as the impact of chemotherapy, toxicity of organ and stem cell transplantation and other emerging therapies. Filling a significant knowledge gap in this burgeoning field, Onconephrology features the latest evidence and clinical approaches for the beginner or experienced practitioner.

Covers the pathophysiology and management of kidney diseases in cancer patients Case based resource features the latest evidence and clinical approaches Fills a significant knowledge gap for nephrologists, hematologists and oncologists Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Kenar D. Jhaveri, MD

Department of Medicine, Division of Kidney Diseases and Hypertension

North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center

Hofstra North Shore LIJ School of Medicine

Great Neck, NY 11021,USA

Abdulla K. Salahudeen, MD, MBA

Nephrology Section, General Internal Medicine,

University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas USA

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This case based resource focuses on kidney disease in patients with cancer. Chapters cover the pathophysiology and management of specific kidney diseases in cancer patients, as well as the impact of chemotherapy, toxicity of organ and stem cell transplantation and other emerging therapies. Filling a significant knowledge gap in this burgeoning field, Onconephrology features the latest evidence and clinical approaches for the beginner or experienced practitioner.

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Introduction: Onconephrology: Caring for the cancer patient with kidney disease.- Ch. 1: Acute Kidney Injury in Cancer Patients.- Ch. 2: Chronic Kidney Disease In Cancer Patients.- Ch. 3: Glomerular Diseases seen with Solid Tumors and Hematological Malignancies.- Ch. 4: Nephrotoxicity of Chemotherapy Agents.- Ch. 5: Biological Cancer Therapies and the Kidney.- Ch. 6: Rational Dosing of Chemotherapy in Patients with Kidney Failure.- Ch. 7: Electrolyte Disorders in Cancer Patients.- Ch. 8: Tumor Lysis Syndrome.- Ch. 9: Surgical and Medical Options in the Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma.- Ch. 10: Renal Cell Carcinoma and Chronic Kidney Disease.- Ch. 11: Renal Disease Following Hematopoetic Stem Cell Transplantation.- Ch. 12: Radiation Nephropathy.- Ch. 13: Dysproteinemias and kidney disease.- Ch. 14: The Amyloidoses.- Ch. 15: Obstructive Renal disease in cancer patients.- Ch. 16: Cancer in the Kidney Transplant Recipient.- Ch. 17: Cancer, Palliative Care and Acute Kidney Injury- TheHard Decisions of Offering or Not Offering Dialysis.