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)...

Does one-year decline in eGFR after radical nephrectomy and in matched living donors match?

1 November 2014 | | Urologic Oncology | co-morbidity, living donor, nephrectomy, renal cell carcinoma, renal function

In the May issue of BJUI Miki N Hew et al. discuss differences in renal function evolution between patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) submitted to radical nephrectomy (RN) and living kidney donors matched for age and gender. They also...