Credit: Shutterstock Accurate assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with cancer is crucial to determine drug eligibility and dosing, while balancing the risks for undertreatment and ...

Incorporating β2-microglobulin and β-trace protein filtration markers may improve GFR estimation in patients with solid tumors. Adding the novel endogenous filtration markers β2-microglobulin and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration 2021 equation for estimating GFR proved to be the least ...

Reductions in measured GFR after bariatric surgery were positively correlated with baseline measured GFR before surgery, ...

Feasibility of integrating geriatric oncology and palliative care assessment into the routine care of older adults in a community setting. Bias and limits of agreement of eGFR equations with respect ...

A cross sectional study found that substantial discrepancies exist between individual estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and directly measured GFR (mGFR). Laboratory reports that provide eGFR ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Discordance between serum creatinine-based eGFR and cystatin C-based eGFR is associated with medication-related AEs and death in cancer patients, a study suggests. Discordance ...

The use of algorithms that alter patient medical care based on race has fallen under increasing criticism, as race-based medicine has been shown to contribute to healthcare disparities. In response, ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Serum creatinine-based eGFR used alone overestimates kidney function and can lead to inaccurate dosing of medications in patients with cancer. Among patients with cancer ...