Onco-Nephrology: Cancer, chemotherapy and kidney.

Onco-Nephrology: Cancer, chemotherapy and kidney. Nefrologia. 2019 Mar 28;: Authors: de Francisco ALM, Macía M, Alonso F, García P, Gutierrez E, Quintana LF, Quiroga B, Torregrosa I Abstract Chronic kidney disease (CKD), cancer and haematological diseases share areas of reciprocal influence. Cancer can affect the kidney either as glomerular lesions or as a result of the toxic effects of medication or radiation with acute (thrombotic microangiopathy, acute kidney injury, interstitial nephropathies among others) or chronic processes (worsening of CKD after nephrectomy due to renal cancer, interstitial fibrosis, hydroelectrolytic disorders). On the other hand, patients who require renal replacement therapy with dialysis and particularly with kidney transplantation are at high risk of onset of cancer due to the immunosuppression situation that they generate. In addition to conventional chemotherapy, innovative treatments have been developed: target agents against growth factors and their receptor; anti-angiogenic drugs; immunoregulatory proteins; cell cycle regulators; and enzyme inhibitors. Other immunotherapeutic approaches have also been developed, such as vaccines, adoptive cell therapy (CAR T cells) or development of antibodies. All these therapeutic advances will improve the outcomes against cancer and haematological diseases, but they are not free from secondary renal problems. Onco-Nephrology is already an important area for th...
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