Preface

Chapter 9 **Renal Cell Carcinoma in End-Stage Renal Disease 143**

Chapter 10 **Dialysis Membranes — Physicochemical Structures and**

Chapter 11 **The Role of the Dialysate Flow Rate in Haemodialysis 189**

Akihiro C. Yamashita and Kenji Sakurai

Chapter 12 **Principles and Practices of Haemodiafiltration 199**

Eirini Grapsa and Konstantinos Pantelias

Chapter 13 **Water Treatment for Centre and Home-Based**

Motoi and Ken-ichi Tobisu

**Section 2 Mechanical Aspects of Dialysis 161**

and David W. Johnson

**Haemodialysis 217**

Chapter 14 **Vascular Access and New Trends 245**

Johnson

**Section 3 Vascular Access 243**

**Features 163**

**VI** Contents

Yasukazu Nakanishi, Fumitaka Koga, Hiroshi Fukushima, Toru

Peter Ahrenholz, Roland E. Winkler and Diego Zendeh-Zartochti

Eric T. Chou, Ross S. Francis, David W. Mudge, Carmel M. Hawley

Shyam Dheda, Carolyn Van Eps, Carmel Hawley and David W.

Population which needs dialysis therapy is rapidly growing in the world, especially in the Asian countries. In line with these trends, recent advances in methodology and technology for dialysis therapy have been remarkable and astonishing. This book is intended to satisfy people working in the dialysis field. We call extinguish researchers as well as younger ambi‐ tious scholar for submitting recent review of their specialties. In 2013, InTech inaugurated book entitled "Hemodialysis", which gained a remarkable reputation in this field. This book is online with free access and numerous people accessed chapters of this book, indicating that this type of book is very helpful for the young people working in the field of hemodial‐ ysis. From these reviews, the reader will gain precious hints and suggestions in every day practice. I appreciate tremendous efforts of the authors to complete this special issue. Lastly, I thank Ms Iva Simcic, who carried out an exceptional secretarial task of collecting and edit‐ ing the manuscripts.

#### **Prof. Hiromichi Suzuki**

Professor of Department of Nephrology, Head of Community Health Science Center Director of Library Saitama Medical College Japan

**Section 1**
