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

Feb. 19, 2004 — Adjuvant treatment with autologous renal tumor cell vaccine seems to be beneficial in patients with organ-confined renal cell carcinoma, according to the results of a phase III, ...

Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

The presence and number of kidney cysts, particularly in the medulla, may be an additional imaging-based biomarker for progressive CKD after radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer. Among patients who ...

From January 1989 to July 2005, we identified patients with localized RCC treated by nephrectomy who subsequently developed recurrent disease. We applied a validated prognostic scoring system ...

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

Nephrectomy after HIF-2α antagonist therapy is feasible and safe. Renal surgery following or during exposure to a HIF-2α antagonist appears safe and feasible, with perioperative transfusion rates and ...

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 ...