Cancer affects the kidney in many ways. Education of the cancer specialists is important. Lately I have felt that the "kidney" h...

 A recent article in KI looked at death from malignancy after renal transplantation. Some key findings: Single center study in ...

A recent review in KI 2014 discusses this very important question we face in day to day care of CKD patients. If they have active cancer...

Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) is one of the mainstay treatments for prostate cancer. A recent study in JAMA2013, via a nested case con...

Long term renal toxicities from chemotherapy in cancer survivors is likely to exist. A recent study in CJASN 2013 looked at this very questi...

There is some data that certain cancers have a higher rate in ESRD patients. The largest series that was studied was a cohort of 831,804 p...

Electrolyte abnormalities have been seen with AML. Severe hyponatremia associated with SIADH secretion has occurred at presentation. Hypokal...

Renal Cell Cancer(RCC) has been in the limelight recently. Two recent studies provided some interesting links.  In a large prospective study...

A recent article referenced below in Kidney International Sept 2011 issue reveals a novel glomerular disease associated with myeloprolifer...

Health News - Research brings new hope of renal recovery for cancer patients

Transplant Tourism does still continue and many patients continue to get kidneys from other countries where it could be commercial possible....

Talking to your patients and just educating them regarding regular skin cancer screening might be just enough to raise awareness and prevent...

Which one of the following is not a risk factor for PTLD EBV status of donor/recipient 2 (16%) Prior malignancy 1 (8%) "Net" im...

Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder (PTLD) View more presentations from Nephrology, NSLIJ .

Why and when is someone with a kidney transplant prone to get PTLD? PTLD is a lymphoproliferative disorder that occurs because of impaired T...