USA: Researchers have found in a new study that acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication following radical nephrectomy with inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy. The majority of AKI cases ...

Biomarker analysis from the phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial of nivolumab + cabozantinib v sunitinib for advanced renal cell carcinoma (aRCC). Evolution of systemic therapy from 2015 to 2019 for older ...

The probability of surgical success with telesurgery for radical prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy for small renal masses was non-inferior to local robotic surgery in a small randomized trial. The ...

Nephron-sparing management is one strategy to reduce risks, according to investigators. Older age is significantly associated with greater kidney function decline after radical nephrectomy in patients ...

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 ...

Risk of renal cell cancer in people immunodepressed after solid organ transplant: Results from an Italian multicenter cohort study. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2014 Genitourinary Cancers ...

December 11, 2014 - Hospitals with robotic surgical systems are more likely to perform "nephron-sparing" partial nephrectomy--a recommended alternative to removal of the entire kidney--in patients ...

Immunotherapy combinations tended to improve outcomes for patients with metastatic kidney cancer who go on to receive surgery. Pre-surgical immunotherapy combinations reduce tumor size and help kill ...