Survival of patients with cancer starting chronic dialysis: Data from kidney and cancer registries in lower Normandy

Abstract

In our study, survival in dialysis was not different among patients with a history of cancer compared to matched patients without malignancy. We can hypothesize that only some selected patients with cancer have access to dialysis. Studies in ESRD patients with cancer should be performed to evaluate access to dialysis in that population.

Onco-nephrology highlights: Chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease, and cancer patients

“…However, survival was not significantly different across these groups using multivariate Cox regression analysis. 45 Although no study has examined the effect of dialysis modality on survival among known cancer patients, dialysis modality was not found to be a risk factor for new-onset cancer in 22,455 Taiwanese ESKD patients (HR = 1.1, 95% CI = 0.88-1.39) using a multivariable-adjusted competing-risk regression model. 46 Modality selection should be an individual choice.…”