DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 73-year-old female. A recent blood test returned an eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) of 59. My physician’s nurse told me that the test was normal. When I asked her ...
As eGFR decreased, risks for 30-day hospital readmission or death increased for patients with chronic kidney disease, according to study data published in Clinical Journal of the American Society of ...
The estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a blood test to assess kidney function. The formula for calculating eGFR takes the patient’s body size, age, and sex into account to predict how well ...
Uncommon EGFR mutations, such as exon 20 insertions, account for nearly one-third of EGFR-driven NSCLC, complicating treatment strategies due to their diversity and structural challenges. Traditional ...
Subtle abnormalities in kidney function – even within the range considered normal – may help identify people at risk of developing chronic kidney disease. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska ...
A retrospective analysis of 1,804 patients with NSCLC undergoing next-generation sequencing (NGS) in 2019-2024 at University Hospital Würzburg (single-center cohort, including 15 patients with ...