Abstract:BACKGROUND AND AIMS
In daily clinical practice, an accurate assessment of renal function is of paramount importance in several categories of patients where the adequate medical or surgical treatment depends on the values of glomerular filtration rate (GFR). In particular, both oncological and urological patients require a personalized medical approach able to avoid misleading errors which could dramatically shorten their lifespan. Unfortunately, the most used method to measure GFR in these gr… Show more
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