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CKD-EPI and Cockcroft-Gault Equations Identify Similar Candidates for Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer

Clinical guidelines suggest neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy prior to cystectomy in the setting of muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). A creatinine clearance (CrCl) >60 mL/min is frequently used to characterize cisplatin-eligible patients, and use of the CKD-EPI equation to estimate Cr...

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Autores principales: Pal, Sumanta K., Ruel, Nora, Villegas, Sergio, Chang, Mark, DeWalt, Kara, Wilson, Timothy G., Vogelzang, Nicholas J., Yuh, Bertram E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3983198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24722472
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094471