Patients with cancer may develop kidney disease with a variety of different clinical manifestations including acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, hypertension, proteinuria and electrolyte disturbances. Onco-nephrology is the subspecialty of nephrology that diagnoses and manages kidney disease in patients with cancer. In this article, we review major topics in Onco-Nephrology that may be encountered by the general internist.
Keywords: Acute kidney injury; Chronic kidney disease; Hypokalemia; Hypomagnesemia; Hyponatremia; Immune-checkpoint inhibitors; Onco-nephrology; Proteinuria.
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