Main description:

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.

Contents:

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- The Hard Decisions of Offering or Not Offering Dialysis