January 10, 2008 — Most patients found to have a small kidney tumor, between 2 and 4 cm in size, have the whole kidney removed. However, new findings suggest that for younger patients a partial ...

Minimally invasive surgery linked to lower major complication risk, reduced length of stay, decreased transfusion rate.

Partial nephrectomy was associated with the highest survival rate among patients with localized RCC aged 75 years and older compared with radical nephrectomy, ablation, and surveillance. Despite its ...

Cytoreductive nephrectomy merits further consideration in appropriately risk-stratified, surgically fit patients with mRCC.

A Canadian study recently assessed 709 patients with intermediate- and high-risk synchronous mRCC with or without sarcomatoid features. Most patients had clear cell histology and were treated with ...

Nephron-sparing surgery may not reduce the risk for later kidney failure in patients with kidney cancer and stage 4 CKD. Despite the promise of nephron-sparing, new study findings suggest that the ...

Cardiac transplant status is not significantly associated with adverse in-hospital outcomes in patients with kidney cancer ...

Association between β3-adrenergic receptor agonist use and risk of kidney cancer among patients with overactive bladder. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers ...

Major complications occur in 7.0% of patients undergoing nephrectomy with a diagnosis of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), according to a study published online Dec. 17 in Urology ...