News Posts List
Contralateral metachronous tumor occurrence is more frequently associated with distant metastases or postoperative intrarenal recurrence in renal cell carcinoma patients
05/18/2010
Metachronous occurrence of RCC in the contralateral kidney is associated with an unfavorable prognosis . . .
Liver resection for metastatic disease prolongs survival in renal cell carcinoma: 12-year results from a retrospective comparative analysis
05/18/2010
Liver metastasectomy is an independent valuable tool in the treatment of metastatic RCC . . .
No, You Can't Keep Your Health Plan
05/18/2010
Consolidated practices and salaried doctors will leave fewer options for patients and longer waiting times for routine appointments.
IMBiotechnologies Receives FDA Clearance to Market Occlusin® 500 Biodegradable Microspheres in the U.S.
05/17/2010
OCL 500 is a microspherical agent in development for the treatment of highly vascularised tumours, including hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC; liver cancer), renal cell carcinoma (RCC; kidney cancer) and uterine fibroids.
Coverage of the 2010 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
05/17/2010
A CME activity from Clinical Care Options
The role of radiologic imaging and biopsy in renal tumor ablation
05/17/2010
The rate of unintentionally discovered renal masses has been increasing along with a parallel increased incidence of renal cell carcinoma both in men and women.
Man dies after diseased-kidney transplant from wife
05/17/2010
According to the Uwajima Tokushukai Hospital, the couple had asked the hospital in February whether it was possible to transplant the kidney from the wife, who had kidney cancer, to the husband.
Presentations from Fifth European Kidney Cancer Symposium
05/17/2010
Slides from the Fifth European International Kidney Cancer Symposium, held May 7 & 8, in London, England, are available online. Also online are selected presentations from the First European Kidney Cancer Nursing Conference.
Fuhrman Grade Provides Higher Prognostic Accuracy Than Nucleolar Grade for Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma
05/15/2010
Each grading system performs well but the predictive accuracy of Fuhrman grade is statistically superior to that of nucleolar grade and only.
Edgecomb yard sale for cancer organization
05/15/2010
Plans are continuing for the June 4 and 5 yard sale at Edgecomb Town Hall, to benefit the Kidney Cancer Association.