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Elevated blood lead levels in smokers linked to higher kidney cancer risk
Wednesday, 25 January 2012- Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may signal a risk two times higher than average of developing renal cell carcinoma in smokers, according to medical researchers.
"Past studies (in...
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Contemporary trends in nephrectomy for kidney cancer in the US
Thursday, 24 November 2011- Despite benefits in functional renal outcome and the similar oncological efficacy of partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, previous studies show marked underuse of partial nephrectomy. We...
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Oncological result of contemporary radical nephrectomy in kidney cancer patients
Thursday, 17 November 2011- H. Miyake and colleagues conducted a study which retrospectively compared cancer control in patients with pT1 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) undergoing either open radical nephrectomy (ORN) or laparoscopic...
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Node-positive kidney cancer in the absence of distant metastases: predicting cancer-specific mortality
Monday, 14 November 2011- Nodal metastases, even in the absence of distant metastases, portend a bad prognosis. The percentage of positive nodes (PPN) represents an important predictor of cancer-specific mortality (CSM) in...
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NOTCH1 receptor expression: up-regulated in clear cell renal cell carcinoma
Thursday, 27 October 2011- Although NOTCH1 plays a wide-ranging role in controlling cell fate, differentiation, and development, its pathologic roles in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (CCRCC) are still unclear.
In the present...
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Trends in nephrectomy for kidney cancer in the US
Monday, 24 October 2011- Despite benefits in functional renal outcome and the similar oncological efficacy of partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma, previous studies show marked underuse of partial nephrectomy.
S. Kim...
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Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy benefits over open surgery in RCC
Monday, 3 October 2011- A. Masson-Lecomte and colleagues conducted a study to prospectively compare surgical and pathologic outcomes obtained by elective robot-assisted (RAPN) or open partial nephrectomy (OPN) for small renal...
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Tumour in solitary kidney: laparoscopic PN vs laparoscopic cryoablation
Tuesday, 20 September 2011- Tumour in a solitary functioning kidney represents an absolute indication for nephron-sparing surgery whenever technically feasible. G. P. Haber and colleagues reported the longest follow-up data...
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Sentinel node detection in renal cell carcinoma
Thursday, 15 September 2011- A.M. Sherif and colleagues conducted a study on sentinel node detection in renal cell carcinoma. The study, published online by BJU International, is the first presented results and second publication...
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