Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Black patients categorized as non-Black in GFR estimation were waitlisted earlier, but time to kidney failure ...

Credit: Shutterstock Accurate assessment of glomerular filtration rate in patients with cancer is crucial to determine drug eligibility and dosing, while balancing the risks for undertreatment and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An interim report by a National Kidney Foundation-American Society of Nephrology task force outlines challenges ...

Incorporating β2-microglobulin and β-trace protein filtration markers may improve GFR estimation in patients with solid tumors. Adding the novel endogenous filtration markers β2-microglobulin and ...

Leading NMR diagnostics company numares recently published data showing that its novel, multi-marker approach to assess kidney function allowed for a more precise estimation of glomerular filtration ...

Creatinine has been, is now, and will be for the foreseeable future our easiest way to monitor kidney function. However, the inadequacies and limitations of creatinine as such a marker are well ...

So when Grubbs ordered a GFR test for Eli, she got two numbers back. The report said his GFR was estimated at 20 “if not African American,” and 24 “if African American.” There were no other racial ...

The use of algorithms that alter patient medical care based on race has fallen under increasing criticism, as race-based medicine has been shown to contribute to healthcare disparities. In response, ...

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy combined with concurrent and adjuvant chemotherapy in anaplastic thyroid carcinoma: A single-institution study. Background: Determination of renal function is a ...