Journal Reviews

Renal fossa recurrence after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma

1 March 2017 | | Infection, Paediatric Urology | cancer-specific survival, prognosis, renal cell carcinoma, renal fossa recurrence, surgery

This paper is an analysis of 36 years of radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma in the Mayo Clinic (1970-2006). In particular, it contains an analysis of the risk of renal fossa recurrence after nephrectomy (partial nephrectomies are not included)...

Characteristics of APC and the usefulness of MP-MRI for diagnosis

1 November 2016 | | Urologic Oncology | prostatic neoplasms, neoplasm recurrence, local, magnetic resonance imaging, diagnostic imaging, prognosis

The authors evaluated the pathological and oncological characteristics of anteriorly located prostate cancer (APC) in 728 RP specimens, and the accuracy of multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MP-MRI) for APC evaluation. Patients were characterised as APC (70% or more of tumour...