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Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma

1 September 2017 | | Urologic Oncology
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) represents 2-3% of all cancers [1]. It is an adenocarcinoma making up 85% of all renal malignancies. Sarcomatoid transformation is a microscopically identified feature of RCC accounting for 5% of all RCCs [2]. Known as sarcomatoid...

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)...