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.

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.

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 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 ...

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

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.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A fully automated artificial intelligence approach predicted post-nephrectomy glomerular filtration rate with comparable accuracy as validated clinical prediction models, according ...

An international study examined outcomes between a single-port (SP) versus a multi-port (MP) approach to RAPN, with a focus on elderly patients. Despite similar demographics among patients ≤64 years ...