Abstract
Chemotherapy agents are indispensable in the treatment of malignant diseases. However, they have adverse drug effects including nephrotoxicity that can contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality in patients with cancer. The potential for nephrotoxicity depends on a particular drug’s mechanism of action, the kidney microenvironment, and patient characteristics such as presence of other comorbidities, hemodynamic status, age, and less likely, gender of the patient. Intrinsic renal injury is the most common type of nephrotoxicity, and some agents can cause site-specific injury in the nephron, affecting the tubules, vasculature, glomeruli, the interstitium, or a combination of these sites. A classic example of site specificity is the proclivity of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) agents to cause glomerular endothelial damage. Thus, these result in distinct clinical syndromes such as: (1) acute tubular necrosis, (2) tubulopathies, (3) crystal nephropathy, (4) vascular injury (thromobotic microangiopathy), and (5) glomerular disease. Management of chemotherapy-induced nephrotoxicity includes preventive and treatment measures. Preserving kidney function is of paramount importance for allowing patients to continue chemotherapy safely and effectively. Thus, strategies for prevention, early detection, and proper management of nephrotoxicity associated with chemotherapy agents will be reviewed in this chapter
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Abbreviations
- ADH:
-
Antidiuretic hormone
- ADT:
-
Androgen deprivation therapy
- AIN:
-
Acute interstitial nephritis
- AKI:
-
Acute kidney injury
- ALK:
-
Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
- ATN:
-
Acute tubular necrosis
- CKD:
-
Chronic kidney disease
- CNS:
-
Central nervous system
- DI:
-
Diabetes insipidus
- DHFR:
-
Dihydrofolate reductase
- EGF:
-
Epidermal growth factor
- FS:
-
Fanconi syndrome
- FSGS:
-
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- GFR:
-
Glomerular filtration rate
- HTN:
-
Hypertension
- INF:
-
Interferon
- MCD:
-
Minimal change disease
- MHC:
-
Major histocompatibility complex
- MPGN:
-
Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- mTOR:
-
Mammalian target of rapamycin
- MTX:
-
Methotrexate
- NS:
-
Nephrotic syndrome
- OCT:
-
Organic cationic transporters
- RNR:
-
Ribonucleotide reductase
- RSWS:
-
Renal salt wasting syndrome
- RTA:
-
Renal tubular acidosis
- RTEC:
-
Renal tubular epithelial cells
- SIADH:
-
Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
- TMA:
-
Thrombotic microangiopathy
- TNF:
-
Tumor necrosis factor
- TRPM:
-
Transient receptor potential melastin
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
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Valika, A., Shirali, A. (2015). Nephrotoxicity of Chemotherapy Agents. In: Jhaveri, K., Salahudeen, A. (eds) Onconephrology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2659-6_4
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