Patients with chromophobe RCC are more likely to experience complete recovery of kidney function after radical nephrectomy, and this is associated with better survival. While uncommon, complete ...

Nephron-sparing management is one strategy to reduce risks, according to investigators. Older age is significantly associated with greater kidney function decline after radical nephrectomy in patients ...

Implications of ethnicity among patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with nivolumab plus ipilimumab (nivo/ipi). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO ...

In patients with clinical stage 1 (cT1) renal masses, many physicians opt for nephron-sparing surgery, such as partial nephrectomy (PN) versus radical nephrectomy (RN). Both procedures have been shown ...

Background. A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department at a community hospital with a 2-month history of fatigue and right-sided flank and abdominal pain. Noncontrast CT of the abdomen ...

May 14, 2010 — Although nephrectomy can be curative in patients with localized renal cancers, it was not associated with increased survival in patients 75 years of age and older. Instead, kidney ...

Hematologic toxicities in cancer patients treated with the multityrosine kinase sorafenib: A meta-analysis of clinical trials. Background: Postoperative chronic kidney disease (PCKD), defined as a ...

A new study reveals that the type of surgery a patient with kidney cancer receives depends more on the surgeon’s preference than on the patient’s tumor size, demographic characteristics, or general ...

MIAMI — Despite varying guidelines, surveillance and ablation may have an increasing role in the management of small renal masses, according to a presenter at International Kidney Cancer Symposium. R.

In 2009, the American Urological Association released guidelines recommending partial nephrectomy for the treatment of renal cancer, owing to its similar efficacy to radical nephrectomy, while ...

The development of minimally invasive laparoscopic renal tumor surgery and tumor-ablative techniques has been ongoing for 14 years. The advantages of cosmetic incisions, decreased perioperative ...