Chemotherapy in a patient with advanced carcinoma of the bladder with renal insufficiency

Abstract

A large proportion of patients with high-risk bladder cancer also have renal insufficiency. These patients are not fit enough to receive cisplatin-based chemotherapy based on impaired renal function. This finding is most strikingly seen in the elderly population. We report a case of an elderly male presenting with advanced carcinoma of the bladder and renal dysfunction.

Keywords

• Aged
• bladder neoplasms
• chemotherapy
• chronic kidney disease
• estimated glomerular filtration rate