Evaluation of renal function in elderly cancer patients

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-184

  Monfardini, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CREATININE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; CANCER PATIENT; COMORBIDITY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEPHRITIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

AGED; AGING; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CREATININE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1342331450     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh078     Document Type: Editorial

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