In addition to an increased occurrence of small, localized, incidentally discovered renal cell carcinomas (RCCs), there has been an upward trend in the incidence of advanced renal tumors per unit of ...

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 ...

Surgical removal is the treatment of choice for kidney tumors detected early. For the growing number of kidney tumors detected early—often before they cause symptoms—surgical removal is the ...

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 ...

The excellent exposure that was found to be afforded by this approach greatly facilitated nephrectomy in these difficult cases and led to much enthusiasm on our part, our first few cases being ...

The HUGO robotic-assisted surgery system showed a high surgical success rate and favorable rates of grade 3 complications. The Hugo™ robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system is safe and effective, ...

Hematologic toxicities in cancer patients treated with the multityrosine kinase sorafenib: A meta-analysis of clinical trials. Background: Postoperative chronic kidney disease (PCKD), defined as a ...