Acute renal failure during cytostatic therapy

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Klin Onkol 1996; 9(2): 67-68.

Summary: Acute renal failure is a very serious complication of cytostatic therapy, and is often asociated with tumor lysis syndrome. The authors describe two clinical cases of tumor lysis syndrome in children with lymphomas of non-Hodgkin origin. Both children were treated successfully by hemodialysis.