Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has become an accepted method for removing benign lesions of the adrenal gland. There are few contraindications to the laparoscopic approach, and the transperitoneal and retroperitoneal techniques yield…
This article focuses on the laparoscopic approaches to radical and partial nephrectomy for the managment of renal cell carcinoma and on the laparoscopic and endoscopic approaches for treating upper tract…
Renal cell cancer (RCC) is the most common form of cancer of the kidney and accounts for approximately 44,000 cases per year in the United States. Historically, only immunotherapy showed…
Surgical resection of renal cell carcinoma remains the mainstay for the management of patients who suffer from this disease. Five percent to 10% of renal cell carcinomas develop a tumor…
For patients with metastatic renal cancer, prognostic factors defined in systemic therapy clinical trials stratify patients into good, intermediate, and poor risk groups with median survival varying from 4 to…
Radical nephrectomy and regional lymphadenectomy have been the cornerstone of therapy for renal cell carcinoma for several decades; however, debate regarding the potential advantages of lymph node dissection for renal…
The cornerstone of treatment for localized renal tumors is surgical excision, which until recently was accomplished primarily through radical nephrectomy. The last 2 decades have seen a rapid evolution in…
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the most common malignancy of the kidney. Despite widespread treatment at diagnosis, overall mortality rates associated with RCC have not decreased. Partly because of the…
This article presents the oncological and medical rationale for partial nephrectomy as the treatment of choice whenever possible for T1 renal tumors. The value of partial nephrectomy in the management…
Although surgical treatment is curative for localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC), 25% of patients present with locally advanced or disseminated disease, and disease will recur systemically in another 20% to…
