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Risk and impact of delayed renal impairment in patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma receiving chemoradiotherapy with cisplatin.

Thana PatimarattanananArkom NongnuchPoompis PattaranutapornNattawut UnwanathamChuleeporn JiarpinitnunNuttapong Ngamphaiboon
Published in: Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (2020)
Almost one third of LA-HNSCC patients who underwent CRT with cisplatin developed AKD, and their eGFR did not recover to baseline even after 1 year. ECOG 0 and hypertension were associated with AKD. These findings may have been due to the physician's awareness of AKD and underestimation of its potential complications in fit patients.
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