March 30, 2008 (Milan) — For comparable renal tumors in a matched population, equivalent cancer control can be obtained through nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) and radical nephrectomy (RN). However, ...

Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin, an Active Regimen in Advanced Urothelial Cancer: A Phase II Trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group PURPOSE: To analyze the experience with ...

Over the last decade, nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) has emerged as a safe and effective alternative to radical nephrectomy for the treatment of small renal tumors, with documented benefits for renal ...

SAN ANTONIO -- Delaying surgery for small renal masses in favor of a period of surveillance did not adversely affect feasibility or outcomes of subsequent nephron-sparing interventions, a large ...

A scoring criterion which can distinguish between benign and malignant tumors in pediatric patients with renal masses could help determine if they can benefit from partial rather than radical ...

Evidence indicates that nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) can safely treat locally advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC); however, few studies have assessed the safety and efficacy of NSS in patients with ...

Multiple primary tumors in patients with carcinosarcoma of bladder: A coincidence or an etiological association? A study of 221 carcinosarcoma of bladder cases No significant financial relationships ...

"Patients with decreased eGFR at baseline are often those we are most interested in preserving their renal function with NSS. However, it was this cohort in whom we did not see any renal function ...

Decisions of how to proceed when positive surgical margins are found after partial nephrectomy are left to the discretion of the surgeon. The largest systematic review to date, including 42 ...

For most children with renal masses, the standard of care has long been to remove the entire affected kidney- which is the protocol for Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. But is ...

Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for small renal masses substantially decreases the incidence of moderate renal dysfunction compared with radical nephrectomy (RN), according to the results of the ...

In a highly challenging case, a 55-year-old woman suffering from a complex renal tumor located dangerously close to the kidney’s main blood vessels has undergone a successful nephron-sparing surgery.