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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Main Authors: Ben Sprangers, ProfPhD, Annelien Van der Veen, Marije E Hamaker, PhD, Siri Rostoft, ProfPhD, Sheron Latcha, MD, Stuart M Lichtman, ProfMD, Bart de Moor, MD, Hans Wildiers, ProfPhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:The Lancet. Healthy Longevity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266675682030060X

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