Cancer Risk Among Children Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapy: Results From the Israel National Renal Replacement Therapy Registry, 1990-2012

摘要

Background: Patients with end-stage renal disease who undergo chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT) have a higher incidence of cancer. A limited number of studies addressed the risk for cancer in children exposed to RRT. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether children undergoing RRT in Israel are at increased risk for all-site and specific cancers.