Onconephrology Onconephrology Onconephrology (from the Ancient Greek onkos (ὄγκος) meaning bulk, mass, or tumor, nephros (νεφρός) meaning kidney, and the suffix -logy (-λογία), meaning "study of") is a burgeoning new specialty in nephrology that deals with the study of kidney diseases in cancer patients. A nephrologist who takes care of patients with cancer is called an Onconephrologist. This branch of nephrology encompasses both the hematologic and oncology based cancers and their treatment related complications that deal with the kidney. Unlike general nephrology, there are several aspects of onconephrology that are unique. Kidney failure from break down of cancer cells, usually after
Polish Society of Nephrology of Science chaired by Professor Tadeusz Orłowski and Nephrology Section of the Polish Society of Internal Medicine chaired by Professor Kazimierz Trznadel. The main initiator of establishment of PSN was Professor Franciszek Kokot, who was then an active member of international nephrology societies i.e. European Dialysis and Transplantation Association. The last conference of the Nephrology Section of the Polish Society of Internal Medicine was thereby the First Funding Congress of PSN. During the Congress Society’s Statute was established and the first Board was elected. The first President of PSN was Professor Tadeusz Orłowski. The main aim of the Society is