Are there risk factors for acute renal failure in adult patients using deoxycholate amphotericin B?
The incidence of AKI in patients using DAB is high and we cannot predict the chance of AKI using clinical or laboratorial data.
The presence of p53-Ab in sera of patients with colorectal cancer indicates tumors in more advanced histopathologic stages (Dukes' B, C). Due to low sensitivity (18%) p53-Ab are not recommendable as a preoperative marker for colorectal cancer. However, due to high specificity (100%), their monitoring after surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy has potential for early diagnosis of tumor relapse in p53-Ab positive cases.