key articles
Do all non-calcified echogenic renal lesions found on ultrasound need further evaluation with CT?
Monday, 19 November 2007 - Farrelly et al. (2007) reported a study using Evidence Based Practice (EBP) technique to evaluate if non-calcified renal lesions detected with ultrasound, suspected to represent an angiomyolipoma (AML),...
Authors: Farrelly
Intermediate-term prospective results of radiofrequency-assisted laparoscopic partial nephrectomy: a non-ischaemic coagulative technique
Friday, 16 November 2007 - Zeltser et al. (2007) reported the first intermediate-term oncological outcomes of laparoscopic radiofrequency coagulation followed by laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (RF-LPN) to treat small renal...
Authors: Zeltser et al.
Outcome after cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma is predicted by fractional percentage of tumour volume removed
Friday, 2 November 2007 - Pierorazio et al. (2007) determined if the fractional percentage of tumour volume (FPTV) removed at cytoreductive nephrectomy predicts disease-specific survival (DSS), as metastatic renal cell carcinoma...
Authors: Pierorazio et al.
Prostatic involvement by urothelial carcinoma of the bladder: clinicopathological features and outcome after radical cystectomy
Thursday, 1 November 2007 - Ayyathurai et al. (2007) reviewed the long-term outcome of prostatic involvement in patients with bladder cancer (BC) treated with radical cystectomy (RC), as urothelial carcinoma (UC) involving the...
Authors: Ayyathurai
Unclassified renal cell carcinoma: an analysis of 85 cases
Thursday, 1 November 2007 - Karakiewicz et al. (2007) compared cancer-specific mortality in patients with unclassified renal cell carcinoma (URCC) vs clear cell RCC (CRCC) after nephrectomy, as URCC is a rare but very aggressive...
Authors: Karakiewicz
Part II: Treatment of primary malignant non-Wilms' renal tumours in children
Monday, 29 October 2007 - Renal-cell carcinoma, clear-cell sarcoma, (congenital) mesoblastic nephroma, rhabdoid tumour, and renal medullary carcinoma form a heterogeneous group of childhood renal malignancies known as non-Wilms'...
Authors: Ahmed et al.
Nitrate in public water supplies and the risk of renal cell carcinoma
Sunday, 21 October 2007 - Drinking water and dietary sources of nitrate and nitrite can react in vivo with amines and amides to form N-nitroso compounds (NOC), potent animal carcinogens. Nitrate is a widespread contaminant of...
Authors: Ward et al.
Renal Embolization as an Alternative to Surgical Nephrectomy in Children
Friday, 19 October 2007 - Complete renal embolization may be an alternative to surgical nephrectomy. The indications for renal embolization do not differ from those for surgical nephrectomy, but the less invasive nature of the...
Authors: Capozza et al.
Independent predictors of cancer-specific survival in transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract: multi-institutional dataset from 3 European centers
Friday, 19 October 2007 - In a study of Novara et al. (2007) the authors identified variables that were predictive of cancer-specific survival in patients with nonmetastatic transitional cell carcinoma of the upper urinary tract...
Authors: Novara et al.
Prognostic Significance of Vitamin D Receptor and Retinoid X Receptor Expression in Renal Cell Carcinoma
Saturday, 13 October 2007 - The active form of vitamin D3, that is 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, binds with vitamin D receptor, which forms a complex with retinoid X receptors alpha, beta and gamma to manifest antitumor effects....
Authors: Obara et al.
