The incidence of cancer recurrence and new cancer following commencement of dialysis

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Background

Patients with kidney failure have a higher cancer risk compared with the age-matched general population. However, the outcomes of incident dialysis patients with a prior cancer history are unknown.

Methods

Using Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry data (2000–2019), the outcomes and survival probabilities of incident dialysis patients with prior cancers and having experienced a cancer recurrence or having developed a new cancer after dialysis commencement were described.

Results

Of 4912 patients with prior cancers before dialysis commencement, 323 (7%) and 343 (7%) patients experienced cancer recurrence or developed new cancers after dialysis initiation, respectively. The median time from dialysis commencement to cancer r

SUBMITTER: Lim W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9394713 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature