Investigation of tolerability and quality of life for carboplatin-based chemotherapy in an elderly urothelial carcinoma patient undergoing hemodialysis: a case report

• Main Authors: Masahiro Kondo (Author), Taku Naiki (Author), Yuji Hotta (Author), Yuko Yamamoto (Author), Yosuke Sugiyama (Author), Takahiro Yasui (Author), Kazunori Kimura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated the safety of carboplatin (CBDCA)-based chemotherapy in hemodialysis patients > 80 years-old. In addition, the impact of CBDCA-based chemotherapy on such elderly patients' quality of life (QOL) is unknown. We report a case of ge...