Kidney cancer is one of the few malignancies in which surgical resection of the primary disease, or cytoreductive nephrectomy, has held tremendous importance. Historically, systemic therapy was ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Cytoreductive nephrectomy improved overall survival (OS) by more than a year for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) with sarcomatoid or rhabdoid (S/R) ...

Background. A 57-year-old woman presented to the emergency department at a community hospital with a 2-month history of fatigue and right-sided flank and abdominal pain. Noncontrast CT of the abdomen ...

A laparoscopic nephrectomy involves the removal of one kidney through a series of small incisions with a special tool called a laparoscope. It’s an option to treat kidney cancer and other conditions ...

Experts recently developed 23 consensus practice points/statements regarding the use of nephrectomy in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). Regardless of when it was performed in ...

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 ...