The incidence and mortality of site-specific cancers in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on maintenance dialysis have been rarely studied for Asian populations. We tapped Taiwan`s National Health Insurance Research Database to identify and recruit patients starting maintenance dialysis between 1999 and 2004. They were followed from initiation of dialysis until death, discontinuation of dialysis, or the end of 2008. We calculated the survival rate and mortality risk of dialysis patients with cancer. Of 40,833 dialysis patients, 2352 (5.8
作者:Chih-Chiang, Chien;Ming-Ming, Han;Yu-Hsien, Chiu;Jhi-Joung, Wang;Chin-Chen, Chu;Chien-Ya, Hung;Yih-Min, Sun;Nai-Cheng, Yeh;Chung-Han, Ho;Chih-Ching, Lin;Hao-Yun, Kao;Shih-Feng, Weng
来源:Journal of Cancer 2017 年 8卷 1期