Outcomes of arteriovenous access among cancer patients requiring chronic haemodialysis

BMC Nephrology

Table 4 Early failure of arteriovenous access according to cancer stage

Cancer stage	No. of patients	Early failure	P-value
Early stage*	62 (73.8)	8 (12.9)	< 0.001
Advanced stage†	22 (26.2)	13 (59.1)
Total	84	21 (25.0)

Data are expressed as n (%)
For patients with synchronous primary cancers, the more advanced stage was selected as the reference
^*Early stage defined as patients with TNM stage 1–2 or multiple myeloma patients with International Staging System (ISS) stage 1–2
^†Advanced stage defined as patients with TNM stage 3–4 or multiple myeloma patients with ISS stage 3

ISSN: 1471-2369