Throughout October, CURE highlighted research developments and evolving treatment strategies that continue to shape cancer ...

Maximal renal preservation, particularly in patients with pre-existing renal dysfunction, is imperative to minimize the risk of significant renal insufficiency for patients undergoing partial ...

a Mean creatinine after 10 years of follow-up. b Median creatinine after median 24 months of follow-up. NR, not reported. Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for renal cell carcinoma has the advantage of ...

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comprises a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with variable prognoses. Chromophobe RCC, a relatively uncommon subtype, generally follows an indolent clinical course but may ...

Pleotrophic action of renal cell carcinoma: Dysregulated microRNAs on hypoxia-related signaling pathways. Background: Partial nephrectomy in upper pole kidney tumors represents a distinct surgical ...

In patients with clinical stage 1 (cT1) renal masses, many physicians opt for nephron-sparing surgery, such as partial nephrectomy (PN) versus radical nephrectomy (RN). Both procedures have been shown ...

Percutaneous cryoablation for cT1b renal tumors is associated with a higher rate of local disease recurrence compared with partial nephrectomy, new data suggest. Percutaneous cryoablation (PCA) offers ...

A person normally has two kidneys with a million functioning units called nephrons in each kidney. Open partial nephrectomy is a surgical procedure in which a part of a kidney is removed due to either ...

The size of the cancer and whether it has spread will help your surgeon decide what type of surgery you can have. They might recommend you have part of your kidney removed (partial nephrectomy) or ...

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 ...

Clinicians should closely monitor patients’ blood pressure after nephrectomy, according to investigators. Undergoing nephrectomy for a benign or malignant kidney tumor is associated with de novo ...