Kidney Aspects of the Lung Cancer

Abstract

Metastases in the kidney, perirenal retroperitoneal lymph nodes and adrenal glands occur in 2, 2, and 3 % of patients with lung cancer, respectively, and acute tubulointerstitial nephritis develops in 6 % of cases of radiochemotherapy complications, which impairs the survival of patients, depends on the shape and location of the primary tumor process, the degree of its differentiation, integrated severity and the use of anticancer drugs (taxanes) in combined treatment.

Keywords

• cancer
• lung
• kidneys