A 55-year-old male patient with hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis was found to have advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.His AFP was initially 9828μg/L and rapidly dropped to 5597μg/L in ten days after oral sorafenib...A 55-year-old male patient with hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis was found to have advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.His AFP was initially 9828μg/L and rapidly dropped to 5597μg/L in ten days after oral sorafenib treatment.However,he developed acute renal failure, hyperkalemia,and hyperuricemia 30 d after receiving the sorafenib treatment.Tumor lysis syndrome was suspected and intensive hemodialysis was performed. Despite intensive hemodialysis and other supportive therapy,he developed multiple organ failure(liver, renal,and respiratory failure)and metabolic acidosis. The patient expired 13 d after admission.展开更多
AIM:To evaluate the treatment options for nephrotoxicity due to cisplatin combination chemotherapy.METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed patients who had received cisplatin combination chemotherapy for gastric cancer be...AIM:To evaluate the treatment options for nephrotoxicity due to cisplatin combination chemotherapy.METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed patients who had received cisplatin combination chemotherapy for gastric cancer between January 2002 and December 2008.We investigated patients who had shown acute renal failure(ARF),and examined their clinical characteristics,laboratory data,use of preventive measures,treatment cycles,the amount of cisplatin administered,recovery period,subsequent treatments,and renal status between the recovered and unrecovered groups.RESULTS:Forty-one of the 552 patients had serum creatinine(SCR)levels greater than 1.5 mg/dL.We found that pre-ARF SCR,ARF SCR,and ARF glomerular filtration rates were significantly associated with renal status postARF between the two groups(P=0.008,0.026,0.026,respectively).On the receiver operating characteristic curve of these values,a 1.75 mg/dL ARF SCR value had 87.5%sensitivity and 84.8%specificity(P=0.011).CONCLUSION:Cessation or reduction of chemotherapy should be considered for patients who have an elevation of SCR levels during cisplatin combination chemotherapy.展开更多
文摘A 55-year-old male patient with hepatitis B-related liver cirrhosis was found to have advanced hepatocellular carcinoma.His AFP was initially 9828μg/L and rapidly dropped to 5597μg/L in ten days after oral sorafenib treatment.However,he developed acute renal failure, hyperkalemia,and hyperuricemia 30 d after receiving the sorafenib treatment.Tumor lysis syndrome was suspected and intensive hemodialysis was performed. Despite intensive hemodialysis and other supportive therapy,he developed multiple organ failure(liver, renal,and respiratory failure)and metabolic acidosis. The patient expired 13 d after admission.
文摘AIM:To evaluate the treatment options for nephrotoxicity due to cisplatin combination chemotherapy.METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed patients who had received cisplatin combination chemotherapy for gastric cancer between January 2002 and December 2008.We investigated patients who had shown acute renal failure(ARF),and examined their clinical characteristics,laboratory data,use of preventive measures,treatment cycles,the amount of cisplatin administered,recovery period,subsequent treatments,and renal status between the recovered and unrecovered groups.RESULTS:Forty-one of the 552 patients had serum creatinine(SCR)levels greater than 1.5 mg/dL.We found that pre-ARF SCR,ARF SCR,and ARF glomerular filtration rates were significantly associated with renal status postARF between the two groups(P=0.008,0.026,0.026,respectively).On the receiver operating characteristic curve of these values,a 1.75 mg/dL ARF SCR value had 87.5%sensitivity and 84.8%specificity(P=0.011).CONCLUSION:Cessation or reduction of chemotherapy should be considered for patients who have an elevation of SCR levels during cisplatin combination chemotherapy.
