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

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 ...

Whether cryosurgery or cryoablation will prove a viable alternative to lumpectomy — the standard of In a study, the Selection for Cytoreductive Nephrectomy (SCREEN) score demonstrated superiority in ...

For patients with stage T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC), the use of thermal ablation has been increasing, while the use of radical nephrectomy has been declining.

PN and RFA offer similar survival for cT1a RCC tumors ≤2 cm, but PN is superior for larger tumors. RFA may be considered for elderly patients with comorbidities, especially for tumors ≤2 cm. PN ...

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

Dr. Hyung L. Kim discusses how the addition of cytoreductive nephrectomy to ICI therapy may affect survival and quality of life those with kidney cancer. A cytoreductive nephrectomy is a surgery which ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A fully automated artificial intelligence approach predicted post-nephrectomy glomerular filtration rate with comparable accuracy as validated clinical prediction models, according ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Minimally invasive ablative therapy for early kidney cancer had an increased risk of local and metastatic recurrence, which is associated with increased mortality, Swedish ...

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 ...