Screening Women with CKD for the Emperor of All Maladies

Authors :: Deidra C. Crews
Waseem Khaliq
Source :: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 12:5-6
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017.
Abstract: Cancer, the so-called “Emperor of All Maladies” ([1][1]), affects individuals with CKD at a higher rate than in the general population ([2][2],[3][3]). Timely screening for specific cancers is advocated by multiple guideline-setting bodies as an avenue for early detection and reduction of cancer