key articles
Baker’s yeast and metastatic renal-cell carcinoma
Thursday, 8 May 2008 - A recent study reported that a diet rich in bread and refined cereals might have an unfavorable role in the development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). To test whether an underlying intolerance of bread...
Authors: Ramoner et al.
Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy
Friday, 2 May 2008 - Concurrent with the rise of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy as the gold standard for managing renal cell carcinoma, awareness has increased regarding the value of nephron-sparing surgery, even in the...
Author: Borin
Minimally invasive surgery in oncologic urology
Thursday, 1 May 2008 - In a review Bastide et al. (2008) highlighted the most important advances and results in minimally invasive oncologic surgery reported in the literature between September 2006 and September 2007.
For...
Authors: Bastide et al.
Long-term outcomes of nephron-sparing probe ablative therapy
Wednesday, 30 April 2008 - Cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation are the two most utilized and mature ablative therapies. Recent published follow-up studies reviewed by Matin and Ahrar (2008) highlighted possible roles of the...
Authors: Matin & Ahrar
Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy
Thursday, 24 April 2008 - Laparoscopic living donor nephrectomy is now the preferred technique for living donor renal transplantation. Wright et al. (2008) reported the first study on multi-institutional consensus describing...
Authors: Wright et al.
Excise, Ablate or Observe: The Small Renal Mass Dilemma-A Meta-Analysis and Review
Friday, 11 April 2008 - The incidence of renal cell carcinoma is increasing due to the incidental detection of small renal masses. Resection, predominantly by nephron sparing surgery, remains the standard of care due to its...
Authors: Kunkle et al.
Translocation renal cell carcinoma: lack of negative impact due to lymph node spread
Wednesday, 9 April 2008 - Pediatric renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is clinically distinct from adult RCC. Geller et al. (2008) characterized the unique biological and clinical features of pediatric RCC.
The authors retrospectively...
Authors: Geller et al.
Targeted therapy in renal cell carcinoma
Tuesday, 8 April 2008 - In a topic paper, Patard et al. (2008) presented an update on anti-angiogenic drugs in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
A better understanding of molecular pathways that are involved in...
Authors: Patard et al.
Safety and Efficacy of Mini-Margin Nephron-Sparing Surgery
Monday, 7 April 2008 - Li et al. (2008) explored whether mini-margin nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) is clinically safe and effective for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) of 4 cm or less with a normal contralateral kidney.
A total of...
Authors: Li et al.
Survival in Bladder and Renal Cell Cancers Is Familial
Sunday, 6 April 2008 - It is known that having family members with cancer associates with increased risk for bladder and renal cell cancers. However, this association with survival has not been examined. Ji et al. (2008) analysed...
Authors: Ji et al.
