Distinguishing Among Causes of Death for Patients with Kidney Failure on Hemodialysis.

Background: Patients treated with maintenance hemodialysis (HD) are at high risk of death from a variety of causes.

Methods: To identify markers (i.e.

Breast and Prostate Cancer Screening by Life Expectancy in Patients with Kidney Failure on Dialysis.

Key Points: Breast and prostate cancer screening were more frequent among patients on hemodialysis waitlisted for kidney transplant. Among patients not waitlisted for transplant, we found that screening rates were generally higher among patients with higher predicted 5-year survival. Among patients not waitlisted for transplant and with the highest predicted 5-year survival, there was a deficit of screening compared with waitlisted patients.