Partial nephrectomy retains edge over radical nephrectomy in larger renal tumors
Patients with renal cell carcinoma tumours larger than 4 cm benefit from undergoing elective partial nephrectomy (PN) rather than radical nephrectomy (RN) surgery, a study has found.07/24/2014 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - July 24, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Cytoreductive nephrectomy can benefit patients with mRCC
Patients treated with targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) may derive significant survival benefit from cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN), particularly if their initial prognosis is good, study findings indicate.07/24/2014 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - July 24, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Robot-assisted technique improves surgeons' ability to remove small kidney cancer tumors
Roughly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with kidney cancer each year. Most of them have small tumors that doctors discover while screening for other health problems.
The surgeries to remove renal tumors can be difficult, particularly if the cancer is on the posterior side of the kidney and if patients have had previous abdominal surgery, because scar tissue from previous operations usually makes it hard for surgeons to distinguish the normal parts of the body from one another.
Now, a study led by Dr. Jim Hu and researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown that a newer surgical technique called robot-...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - July 10, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
The impact of seat belts and airbags on high grade renal injuries and nephrectomy rates in motor vehicle collisions - Bjurlin MA, Fantus RJ, Mellett MM, Fantus RJ, Villines D.
PURPOSE: Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are the most common cause of blunt genitourinary trauma. We compared renal injuries with no protective device to those with seat belts and/or airbags utilizing the National Trauma Data Bank (NTDB). Our primary endpo... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 24, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Neurologic status at surgery affects metastatic spinal renal cell carcinoma survival
Neurological status at surgery, the grade of the original nephrectomy specimen and activity of the systemic disease were factors found to influence a patient’s survival after spine surgery for metastatic spinal renal cell carcinoma...02/28/2014 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - February 28, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Partial nephrectomy may offer younger renal cancer patients survival advantage
Overall survival at 10 years was 94.0% with nephron-sparing surgery and 89.7% with radical nephrectomy, with a hazard ratio of 0.50.02/26/2014 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - February 26, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Partial nephrectomy may offer younger renal cancer patients survival advantage
Partial nephrectomy may offer younger patients with localized renal cancer a distinct survival advantage compared with the complete removal of the kidney, US research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - February 24, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Partial nephrectomy may offer younger renal cancer patients survival advantage
Partial nephrectomy may offer younger patients with localized renal cancer a distinct survival advantage compared with the complete removal of the kidney, US research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - February 24, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Comparison of Outcomes After Minimally Invasive Versus Open Partial Nephrectomy
Complication rates of open partial nephrectomies (OPN) and minimally invasive partial nephrectomies (MIPN) have largely been reported by single and multi-institutional tertiary care centers.01/24/2014 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - January 24, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Study: Kidney cancer patients preserve kidney function with robot-assisted partial nephrectomy
(Henry Ford Health System) Patients with chronic kidney disease who received robot-assisted partial nephrectomy to treat kidney cancer have minimal loss of kidney function -- a smaller amount even than patients with normal kidney function, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital's Vattikuti Urology Institute. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
QoL Measures Between Partial vs Radical Nephrectomy in RCCQoL Measures Between Partial vs Radical Nephrectomy in RCC
How do quality of life measures differ between these two surgical groups? BMC Urology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 2, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology Journal Article Source Type: news
Minimally invasive surgical techniques increasing for pediatric kidney patients
More children, like adults, are undergoing minimally invasive surgery for diseased kidneys, with most of the procedures being performed at teaching hospitals to treat non-cancerous conditions.Those conclusions were reached in a unique study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who set out to fill a knowledge gap about the use of nephrectomy - the surgical removal of a diseased kidney - in the U.S. pediatric population. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 28, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Urology / Nephrology Source Type: news
Stage and grade dominate RCC outcomes
Tumor grade and American Joint Committee on Cancer stage have emerged as the most important predictors of mortality in a competing risks analysis of patients undergoing nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma. (Source: MedWire News - Urology)
Source: MedWire News - Urology - November 4, 2013 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Differentiation of oncocytoma from chromophobe renal cell carcinoma
Standard treatment of renal neoplasms remains surgical resection, and nephrectomy for localised renal cell carcinoma (RCC) still has the best chance of cure with excellent long-term results. For smaller renal masses, especially stage T1a tumours less than 4 cm, nephron-sparing surgery is often employed. However, small incidentally detected renal masses pose an important diagnostic dilemma...10/30/2013 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - October 30, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Comparison of baseline quality of life measures between renal cell carcinoma patients
To compare demographics, pathologic features, performance scores, comorbidities, symptoms and responses to quality of life (QoL) surveys between nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) and radical nephrectomy (RN) patients prior to surgical intervention.10/23/2013 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)
Source: Kidney Cancer Association - October 23, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
