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The detailed and comprehensive observations presented in this book on acquired cystic disease of the kidney and renal cell carcinoma in dialysis patients are drawn from the author’s decades of experience. Beginning with the first clinical case in 1978 and including subsequent follow-up studies and questionnaires, the volume is an excellent clinical reference for practicing physicians. Color illustrations and numerous case studies assist the reader.
I have been involved in the treatment of chronic renal insuffi ciency for 40 years,
beginning with peritoneal dialysis immediately after graduation from medical school
in 1965, then with hemodialysis in 1967 after I fi rst experienced it in Kanazawa, and
with renal transplantation since 1972, when I was studying in the United States.
During this period, the number of dialysis patients has continued to increase rapidly
to the present fi gure of 257 765 (at the end of 2005), and with surprising increases in
the survival rate. However, new and unexpected pathological conditions have also
appeared as complications of long-term dialysis. One of these involves polycystic
changes and their malignant transformation in diseased kidneys. Since I have studied
these polycystic changes and their malignant transformation for many years, I decided
to compile the results of my work in a book. Such conditions of diseased kidneys pose
serious problems, particularly in Japan, where renal transplantation is performed
very infrequently compared with other countries, and a large number of patients are
managed by dialysis over a long period. |
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