Interplay between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and upper tract urothelial carcinomas (UUC): foe or friend?
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Interplay between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and upper tract urothelial carcinomas (UUC): foe or friend?
Although upper tract urothelial carcinomas (UUC) is curable through nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy, progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and CKD-related mortality have been highlighted as clinical challenges in recent years owing to the loss of a large number of nephrons. While CKD can promote the development of UUC, other risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, advanced...
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عنوان ژورنال: Oncotarget
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1949-2553
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9753