For completely endophytic kidney tumors, which grow inward, both open partial nephrectomy (OPN) and robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) led to excellent patient outcomes in a recent study. When ...
Kidney cancer is among the most lethal of urologic malignancies. The rising incidence of kidney cancer is attributable to greater detection of incidental small renal masses (≤4 cm) from increased use ...
The decision to undergo partial instead of radical nephrectomy should be individualized, according to investigators. In patients with localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC), nephron-sparing partial ...