Dialysis Population Has Excess Cancer Mortality
Patients on dialysis die from cancer at twice the rate as those of the same age and sex in the general population, a study found.
Patients on dialysis die from cancer at twice the rate as those of the same age and sex in the general population, a study found.
Among patients receiving radiation therapy (RT) for prostate cancer, intensity-modulated radiation therapy is significantly associated with a reduced risk for second primary solid malignancies compared with 3D conformal RT.
The decrease in prostate cancer screening rates was the smallest among 5 cancers studied.