Renal toxicities of chemotherapy.
Chemotherapeutic agents can produce a variety of acute and chronic organ toxicities. Since many antitumor drugs and their metabolites are cleared renally, the kidneys are vulnerable to injury. The drugs involved will determine the site of injury within the kidney, resulting in clinical manifestations ranging from an asymptomatic rise in serum creatinine to acute renal failure. The most common renal toxicities of chemotherapeutic agents are described.
Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center/Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. mdejonge@erasmusmc.nl
Maja J A
MJ
de Jonge
Jaap
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Verweij
D000818:Animals; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D012307:Risk Factors
D000970:Antineoplastic Agents