Cancer-Specific Mortality in Chronic Kidney Disease
Author(s) -
PeiHsuan Weng,
KuanYu Hung,
HsienLiang Huang,
JenHau Chen,
PeiKun Sung,
KuoChin Huang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
clinical journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.755
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1555-905X
pISSN - 1555-9041
DOI - 10.2215/cjn.09011010
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , kidney disease , cancer , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , cancer registry , kidney cancer , dialysis , mortality rate , urinary system , liver cancer , oncology , confidence interval
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality, but no large studies examined the cancer-specific mortality in non-dialysis-dependent CKD patients. Such outcome data are needed for proper allocation of resources and would help to develop better preventive services.
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