"A lot of these patients I'm going to keep from going to end-stage disease for a very long time."

Patients with end-stage renal disease are at increased overall risk for cancer.

Researchers identified 804,812 people with end-stage renal disease who started dialysis between 1995 and 2004.

Increased resting energy expenditure in patients with end-stage renal disease.

So far 13 patients with end-stage coronary disease have been treated, and all are doing well.

About 40-50% of patients develop end-stage renal disease over the course of 10 years.

The study doesn't show that any of the patients had end-stage renal disease or were on dialysis.

She had been diagnosed with end-stage respiratory disease and was released to die in her own house under hospice care.

Treatment Most of the therapies for heart failure deal with what doctors call "end-stage disease."

Person has end-stage disease and requires specialized treatment strategies.