Initiation and termination of dialysis in older patients with advanced cancer: providing guidance in a complicated situation
Summary: Cancer and chronic kidney disease prevalence both increase with age. As a consequence, physicians are more frequently encountering older people with cancer who need dialysis, or patients on dialysis diagnosed with cancer. Decisions in this context are particularly complex and multifaceted....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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Series: | The Lancet. Healthy Longevity |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266675682030060X |