AUA 2008 - Take Home Message – Kidney Cancer
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Researchers showed that KAI-1 can differentiate chromophobe renal cancers from oncocytoma.
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AUA 2008 - Does Hydronephrosis on Preoperative Axial CT Imaging Predict Worse Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Nephrouretectomy for Upper-Tract Urothelial Carcinoma?
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Casey Ng and colleagues evaluated whether hydronephrosis in the setting of upper tract TCC was a marker for more aggressive disease and worse outcomes.
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AUA 2008 - C-Arm Cone-Beam Computed Tomography with a Flat Panel Detector for Intraoperative Renal Imaging – Assessment of Image Quality
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Frank Burks and colleagues report a feasibly study of imaging with the use of a C-Arm Cone-Beam Computed Tomography.
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AUA 2008 - State of the Art Lecture: What are the Most Important Ongoing Clinical Trials in Urologic Oncology Worldwide?
Thursday, 22 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. E. David Crawford presented information on challenges facing clinical trials from SWOG, ECOG and CALGB.
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AUA 2008 - Panel Discussion: What the Urologist Should Know about Targeted Treatments for Renal Cancer
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Arie Belldegrun described the different genetic alterations in kidney cancer.
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AUA 2008 - Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Renal Carcinoma - Management of the Small Renal Mass - Evolving Role of Needle Biopsy in 2008 and Beyond
Sunday, 18 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Wood discussed the role of renal mass biopsy.
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AUA 2008 - Renal Tumors Undergoing Active Surveillance Demonstrate Gompertzian Growth Kinetics
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Crispen and colleagues examined growth pattern kinetics in their series of renal masses under surveillance.
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AUA 2008 - Partial Nephrectomy for T1 Renal Cell Carcinoma Using a Microwave Tissue Coagulator
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - When should one clamp the renal hilum at partial nephrectomy?
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AUA 2008 - Positive Surgical Margins Appear to have Negligible Impact on the Survival of Renal Cell Carcinomas Treated by Nephron Sparing Surgery
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Pathology results after partial nephrectomy reveal a positive margin. What should the urologist tell the patient?
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AUA 2008 - Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Renal Carcinoma - Management of the Small Renal Mass - Observation Not Treatment
Sunday, 18 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Uzzo argued for observation in many renal masses. Despite the fact that kidney cancer is a lethal disease, it is also heterogeneous.
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AUA 2008 - Waiting Time from Diagnosis to Nephrectomy for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Does it Affect Survival?
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Can patients afford to shop around for surgeons?
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AUA 2008 - Absence of Viable Carcinoma in Biopsies Performed Greater Than 1-Year Following Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal Cortical Tumors
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Stern and colleagues report on their experience with tissue biopsy more than 1 year after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of small renal masses.
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AUA 2008 - Simple and Effective Pure Laparoscopic Method for Surface Application Renal Hypothermia to Aid in Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy: Clinical Application
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The authors have brought to clinical fruition a body of laboratory work originally performed by the senior author during his fellowship with Dr. David Albala.
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AUA 2008 - Society of Urologic Oncology Meeting - Renal Carcinoma – Management of the Small Renal Mass - Minimal Invasive Treatment
Saturday, 17 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Pinto discussed ablative therapies and evolving treatments for the small renal mass.
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AUA 2008 - Minimally Invasive Nephron Sparing Management of Renal Tumors in Solitary Kidneys
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Among 101 patients with a renal mass in a solitary kidney, the authors employed three forms of less invasive surgery:
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AUA 2008 - Oncologic Outcomes for Patients with Positive Surgical Margins at Partial Nephrectomy
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr Thompson presented the long-term oncologic outcomes for patients with positive surgical margin (PSM) following partial nephrectomy.
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AUA 2008 - Predicting Development of Chronic Renal Impairment after Nephrectomy for Malignancy
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Lim presented a study attempting to identify factors that predict post-operative deterioration to stage 4 chronic renal disease (GFR
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AUA 2008 - A Comparative Study of the Oncological Long-Term Outcome of Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy and Standard Nephroureterectomy for Upper Urinary Tract Transitional Cell Carcinoma
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - To reveal the oncological safety of laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (LNU), a group of Japanese researchers compared the long-term oncological outcome of laparoscopic versus open nephroureterectomy (ONU) in patients with upper tract transitional cell carcinoma (TCC).
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AUA 2008 - Comparison of 14, 18 and 20 Gauge Needles in Ex-Vivo Renal Mass Biopsy: A Prospective Blinded Study
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - As the diagnosis of small renal masses increases due to the widespread use of abdominal CT imaging, renal biopsies to determine the significance of these renal masses will also increase.
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AUA 2008 - Metastatic Progression of Enhancing Renal Masses Under Active Surveillance is Associated with Rapid Interval Growth of the Primary Tumor
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The increased use of abdominal CT scans has given rise to the incidental small renal mass.
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AUA 2008 - Laparoscopic Renal Cryoablation: Long-Term Oncologic Outcomes with Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Ablative therapies for small renal masses have gained popularity over laparoscopic approaches due to the surgical complexity of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
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AUA 2008 - Comparison of Rates and Risk Factors for Development of Chronic Renal Insufficiency Following Radical or Partial Nephrectomy
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Radical nephrectomy and nephron-sparing surgery rarely result in dialysis dependence.
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AUA 2008 - Late Breaking News: Exciting Developments at the FDA
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach discussed developments at the FDA.
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AUA 2008 - Initial Experience in Renal Cryosurgery for Large Renal Lesions
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Cryoablation of small renal masses (i.e. T1a < 4cm) works.
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AUA 2008 - Long-Term Oncologic and Overall Outcomes of Radiofrequency Ablation in High-Risk Patients with Solitary Renal Masses
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Levinson reported on the oncologic outcomes of RFA in treating renal masses in solitary kidneys.
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AUA 2008 - Diagnostic Evaluation of Small Renal Masses: Value of Contrast-Enhancing Ultrasound in Comparison to Multidetector CT
Tuesday, 20 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The group from Innsbruck, Austria presented their study on contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and it ability to evaluate small renal masses compared to multiphase multidetector CT imaging.
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AUA 2008 - Presidential Address - Encourage the Innovator
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. John M. Barry, President-elect of the AUA introduced Dr. Paul Schellhammer.
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AUA 2008 - Kai1 is a Novel Biomarker for Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
Some 15-25% of enhancing small renal masses are benign on final pathology.
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AUA 2008 - External Validation of IMP3 Expression as an Independent Prognostic Marker for Metastatic Progression and Death for Patients with Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
Hoffman and colleagues examined 716 specimens of sporadic clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) for presence of IMP3 expression.
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AUA 2008 - Chromosomal Abnormalities of Tumor Endothelial Cells in Human Renal Cell Carcinoma
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
This group from Japan has previously reported the observation that endothelial tumor cells exhibit genetic instability in the mouse model.
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AUA 2008 - Type of VHL Mutation and Tumor Size Affect Growth Rates of Renal Masses in VHL Patients
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
This group from the National Cancer Institute manages a large number of patients with von Hippel Lindau (VHL) disease.
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AUA 2008 - Metachronous Bladder Tumors in Patients Managed Endoscopically for Primary Upper Tract TCC: Are They Always Predictive of Primary Upper Track Recurrence?
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The authors report a retrospective analysis of a 53-patient cohort who underwent systematic urothelial surveillance for at least 24 months following initial endoscopic laser treatment of upper tract TCC.
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AUA 2008 - The High-Resolution Genomic Profiling Using Whole-Genome Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
A chip with some 370,00 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) markers was used to evaluate the DNA fingerprint of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).
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AUA 2008 - MicroRNA Expression Profile in Clear-Cell Kidney Cancer
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
Noncoding RNA, known as MicroRNA, plays a role in protein synthesis by dictating the destiny of messengerRNA.
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AUA 2008 - The Relationship of EPO Over-Expression to VHL Mutations and Hif1α and 2α in SCCRCC
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Pathogenesis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) involves a mutation in the VHL gene, resulting in upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF).
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AUA 2008 - Advances in Imaging for Urologic Oncology
Monday, 26 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Gill discussed imaging advances for urologic oncology.
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AUA 2008 - Tumor Architecture is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Disease Relapse and Cancer-Specific Survival in Patients Treated with Nephroureterectomy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. -- Alexander Graham Bell
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AUA 2008 - Lymphovascular Invasion is Independently Associated with Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients with Negative Lymph Nodes at Radical Nephroureterectomy
Monday, 19 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Invasion of the lymphovascular channels is a necessary gateway to the metastatic process.
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AUA 2008 - The Future of Urologic Oncology: Peril and Promise
Monday, 26 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr. Lange presented the Ramon Guiteras lecture.
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AUA 2008 - Kidney Cancer and the Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease: Matched-Paired Comparison with Living Donors
Sunday, 18 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Dr Koenig from the Cleveland Clinic presented some important data regarding the risk of chronic renal disease in patients diagnosed with kidney cancer. Living kidney donors tolerate nephrectomy without long-term sequelae and this is often extrapolated to patients with renal tumors.
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AUA 2008 - Kidney Cancer and Competing Causes of Mortality: An Age-Based Population Study
Sunday, 18 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - The increase in the incidental detection of small renal masses (SRM) has lead to an increase in the number of SRM detected in elderly patients.
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AUA 2008 - Blockade of Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) has Potent Anti-Tumor Activities in Human Renal Cell Carcinoma
Sunday, 18 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - A group from Strasbourg reported on focal adhesion kinase (FAK), a non-receptor tyrosine kinase in renal clear cell cancer (CRCC).
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AUA 2008 - Targeting SRC and Multiple Receptor Tyrostine Kinases (RTKs) Simultaneously Resulted in Synergistic Inhibition of Proliferation and Superior Reduction of Migration of Renal Cancer
Sunday, 18 May 2008
ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) -
Only partial and temporary response in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) suggests that new improved treatment strategies are needed.
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