Frequency of the malignant neoplasms in population commencing renal replacement therapy (RRT) in the years 2001-2015 – one-unit experience
Journal Title: Postępy Nauk Medycznych - Year 2015, Vol 28, Issue 10
Abstract
Introduction. The incidence of malignant neoplasms in population of patients initiatingrenal replacement therapy (RRT) is rising last years, which is related to the aging ofgeneral population and to the increasing availability of renal replacement therapy to renalpatients, including those with neoplastic diseases.Aim. The aim of this work was to analyse the frequency of malignant neoplasms in thegroup of patients starting renal replacement therapy.Material and methods. The retrospective analysis of the medical records in years2001-2015 at the Dialysis Unit in the Priest J. Popiełuszko Bielański Hospital in Warsaw.Results. The RRT was started in 669 patients (F-270, M-399) and 84 of them (12.5%)had malignant neoplasm at the RRT start. The largest group – 23 persons (27.4%)were patients with the neoplasm of lymphatic system, most of them with multiplemyeloma.Conclusions. The incidence of malignancies at the commencing of chronic RRT inthe 669 consecutive patients at our dialysis unit, was 12.5%, in this the malignancies oflymphatic system we
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Grzegorz Ostrowski, Dorota Daniewska, Ryszard Gellert
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