The diagnosis of a kidney tumour can be alarming, and for many patients, the immediate assumption is that surgery is the only option. However, advances in imaging, a deeper understanding of tumour ...

An expert explains the different types of kidney cancer surgeries, and what patients can expect to experience after the procedure. There are multiple types of kidney cancer surgery nowadays, from ...

In the treatment of small renal masses, robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has a superior morbidity profile compared with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN), according to an updated meta-analysis ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved pembrolizumab, an immunotherapy, plus belzutifan, a HIF-2α inhibitor ...

Dr. Hyung L. Kim discusses how the addition of cytoreductive nephrectomy to ICI therapy may affect survival and quality of life those with kidney cancer. A cytoreductive nephrectomy is a surgery which ...

Kidney cancer is often misunderstood, with myths ranging from it being hereditary to always requiring kidney removal. A ...

For most children with renal masses, the standard of care has long been to remove the entire affected kidney- which is the protocol for Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. But is ...

UAB Division of Transplantation Professor and Surgical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Michael Hanaway, M.D., has recently been featured on UAB MedCast. During the episode, Hanaway discusses ...

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most common inherited cause of end-stage renal failure, characterised by progressive cyst formation that distorts renal architecture and ...

January 10, 2008 — Most patients found to have a small kidney tumor, between 2 and 4 cm in size, have the whole kidney removed. However, new findings suggest that for younger patients a partial ...

On World Kidney Cancer Day, doctors urge early screening as kidney cancer often develops silently, making timely detection ...