Onco-Nephrology: Core Curriculum 2015

• Published in: American journal of kidney diseases Vol. 66; no. 5; pp. 869 - 883
• Main Authors: Cohen, Eric P., MD, Krzesinski, Jean-Marie, MD, PhD, Launay-Vacher, Vincent, PharmD, Sprangers, Ben, MD, PhD, MPH
• Format: Journal Article Web Resource
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.11.2015; W.B. Saunders
• Subjects: acute kidney injury; Acute Kidney Injury - chemically induced; Acute Kidney Injury - complications; Antineoplastic Agents - adverse effects; assessment of kidney function; cancer; Carcinoma, Renal Cell; Cooperative Behavior; Curriculum; electrolyte disturbances; Human health sciences; Humans; kidney cancer; Kidney Failure, Chronic - complications; Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy; Kidney Neoplasms; Kidney Transplantation; Medical Oncology - education; Neoplasms - complications; Neoplasms - drug therapy; Nephrology; Nephrology - education; neprhotoxicity; paraneoplastic glomerular diseases; Paraneoplastic Syndromes - etiology; Paraproteinemias - complications; Renal Dialysis; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - chemically induced; Renal Insufficiency, Chronic - complications; Sciences de la santé humaine; Urologie & néphrologie; Urology & nephrology; Water-Electrolyte Imbalance - chemically induced; Water-Electrolyte Imbalance - complications

The overlap between oncology and nephrology is an area of growing importance. A major reason for this is that less than half the patients with cancer were long-term survivors years ago, whereas now more than two-thirds will live 5 years or longer. Late effects of cancer treatment include nephrotoxic...