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.

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

Nephron-sparing surgery may not reduce the risk for later kidney failure in patients with kidney cancer and stage 4 CKD. Despite the promise of nephron-sparing, new study findings suggest that the ...

In patients with renal cell carcinoma, a phase 2 trial tested neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative radiation therapy to the inferior vena cava tumor thrombus before radical nephrectomy with thrombectomy.

Impact of number of positive lymph nodes on prognostic stratification in renal cell carcinoma: Analysis of the National Cancer Database. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO ...

Robotic nephrectomy is a feasible, safe and oncologically effective surgical treatment for clinically localized RCC. However, current literature does not provide any advantage for RRN if compared to ...

Stage 2 kidney cancer involves a tumor over 7 cm, confined to the kidney, often treated surgically. Diagnosis includes imaging, blood tests, and possibly biopsy to confirm cancer type and stage.

Pre-surgical immunotherapy combinations reduce tumor size and help kill cancer cells at the time of surgery for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), according to findings from a ...