key articles

Tuesday, 11 June 2013-  Around 20-40% of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients will develop recurrence after surgery with curative intention, which will develop within the first five years after primary surgery in most cases,...

Friday, 12 April 2013- P. Charlesworth and colleagues conducted a study to examine renal cancer nephrectomies over 25 years in their centre and the factors underlying changes in disease-specific survival. They published their...

Tuesday, 2 April 2013- In China, there are currently no approved therapies for the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) following progression with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-targeted agents.

In the...

Friday, 22 March 2013 – Small kidney tumours have an aggressive potential and should be treated, according to the results of a large multicentre study presented at the recently concluded 28th Annual EAU Congress in Milan.

“Many...

Thursday, 21 February 2013- Combination therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) failed to improve outcomes compared with bevacizumab (Avastin) alone and caused more toxicity, results of a randomized trial...

Friday, 18 January 2013- Papillary renal cell carcinoma is a rare cancer. Some cases can be attributed to individuals with hereditary renal cell carcinomas usually consisting of the clear cell subtype. In addition, two syndromes...

Thursday, 20 December 2012- Urologists at Henry Ford Hospital in the US have developed a new technique that could make minimally invasive robotic partial nephrectomy procedures the norm, rather than the exception for kidney...

Thursday, 29 November 2012- U. Capitanio and colleagues conducted a study to test whether the combination of number and location of distant metastases affects cancer-specific survival in patients with metastatic renal cell...

Tuesday, 20 November 2012-  A combined bisphosphonates-sunitinib treatment for kidney cancer patients whose disease have spread to the bones may offer better response and survival rates, according to a joint study by Israeli...

Sunday, 18 November 2012- The treatment of oligo-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and the challenges in diagnosis, follow-up treatment and complications from surgical and medical therapies were examined yesterday during the...