key articles
UV light exposure lowers kidney cancer risk in men
Tuesday, 9 March 2010- Men who work in the sun are less likely to contract kidney cancer than men who work indoors, according to a study which examined more than 2,500 people in Europe.
"To our knowledge, this is the first...
Edited by: JV
BENEFIT: belatacept preserves kidneys, avoids toxicity
Monday, 8 March 2010- The experimental drug belatacept can prevent graft rejection in kidney transplant recipients while better preserving kidney function when compared with standard immunosuppressive drugs, data from two...
Edited by: ES
Circulating endothelial cells and progenitors: potential RCC biomarkers
Friday, 5 March 2010- A group of Australian researchers compared the levels of circulating endothelial cells (CECs) and progenitors (CEPs) between tumour-bearing mice and healthy controls, in human renal cell carcinoma...
Edited by: JV
Robot-assisted option may offer advantages for kidney surgery
Tuesday, 23 February 2010- A comparison of two types of minimally invasive surgery to repair kidney blockages that prevent urine from draining normally to the bladder found that robot-assisted surgery was faster and resulted in...
Edited by: ES
Risk stratification of advanced RCC patients treated with targeted therapies
Monday, 22 February 2010- The treatment paradigm in advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has changed in the recent years. Sunitinib has been established as a new standard for first-line therapy.
A group of researches studied the...
Edited by: JV
Metronomic therapy - new option for advanced kidney cancer
Tuesday, 16 February 2010- A new multi-targeted “chemo-switch” drug regimen shows promising anti-tumour activity with manageable side effects in patients with metastatic renal-cell carcinoma (RCC), a disease with few treatment...
Edited by: ES
Study points to precursors of scar forming cells in progressive kidney fibrosis
Monday, 15 February 2010- New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) has identified the precursors of the scar forming cells called myofibroblasts. These findings appeared recently in American Journal of Pathology,...
Edited by: ES
Complications of laparoscopic renal surgery
Friday, 22 January 2010- Laparoscopic renal surgery has become a standard of care over the past decade worldwide. Although more complex laparoscopic renal procedures are being routinely performed worldwide today,...
Edited by: JV
C-reactive protein levels predict metastasis and mortality from renal cell carcinoma
Wednesday, 13 January 2010- Researchers from Emory University have reported that preoperative C-reactive protein (CRP) levels predict metastasis and mortality following potentially curative nephrectomy for clear cell renal cell...
Edited by: ES
Perioperative complications in laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
Friday, 25 December 2009- L. Nogueira and colleagues analysed their experience with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN) to detail postoperative adverse events and identify factors that may contribute to adverse surgical...
Edited by: JV
