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Informationen zum Autor This book reflects Dr Cohen's active interest in the challenging overlap area of nephrology and oncology, deriving in turn from his interest and multiple studies of kidney disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplant ("bone marrow transplant"). He studied medicine at the Universite de Liege, in Belgium and is a member of the Central Society for Clinical Research, the American Society of Nephrology, the Societe Francophone de Dialyse, and the Radiation Research Society. His research bridges the clinic and the lab, bringing the best of each to the other. Klappentext Cancer and the Kidney covers the challenging overlap area of nephrology and oncology, both in terms of kidney problems in cancer patients, and cancer that affects kidney patients, including assessment of kidney function, to paraneoplastic disorders, acquired cysts and native kidney cancers, and all points inbetween. Zusammenfassung Cancer and the Kidney covers the challenging overlap area of nephrology and oncology, both in terms of kidney problems in cancer patients, and cancer that affects kidney patients, including assessment of kidney function, to paraneoplastic disorders, acquired cysts and native kidney cancers, and all points inbetween. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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
