Kidney cancer happens when cells in the kidney begin to grow and divide out of control. It ranks in the top 10 types of cancer that affect both men and women in the United States, according to the ...

USA: Researchers have found that preoperative multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) could help predict the risk of chronic kidney ...

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

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

Absolute indications include circumstances in which RN would render the patient anephric, with a consequent immediate need for renal replacement therapy. Patients with an anatomically or functionally ...

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

Partial nephrectomy has been the procedure of choice for patients with poor renal function, tumors in solitary kidneys or bilateral renal tumors. The efficacy of partial nephrectomy in regard to ...

Nephrectomy is a procedure of the surgical removal of kidneys. While it is mainly performed in cases when three-fourth of the kidney is occupied by tumour or when it is dysfunctional; a recent study ...

Clinical data on the influence that waiting time for nephrectomy has on outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) are lacking, and clinicians do not have relevant guidelines for the ...

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 ...

1. Which doctor should I consult for undergoing nephrectomy? You should consult a surgeon such as an Urologist. 2. Why should I have a kidney removed? You might have your kidney removed if it is ...

Partial nephrectomy is performed more frequently for small, incidentally discovered, low-stage renal tumors. Importantly, one should distinguish the imperative indications for such surgery from the ...