Retrospective study of 59 cases of cancer-associated thrombotic microangiopathy: presentation and treatment characteristics.
Antoine DecaesteckerAghilès HamrounFrançois ProvotEric RondeauStanislas FaguerMarion SalleeDimitri Titeca BeauportJean Michel RebibouAlexandra ForestierRaymond AzarClément DeltombeAlain WynckelSteven GrangeVeronique Fremeaux BacchiClaire Carterynull nullPublished in: Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association (2022)
Nephrologists and oncologists should make themselves aware of cancer diagnoses in patients with TMA and bone marrow biopsies should be performed systematically in these cases. All 59 patients had poor survival outcomes, but patients treated with urgent initiation of chemotherapy survived significantly longer than those who were not.