AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Surgical Education & Skills Assessment - The Development of a “Mission Rehearsal (Patient Specific)” – Type Simulator for Laparoscopic Surgery on Renal Cancer - Session Highlights
Thursday, 30 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Researchers from Japan have truly taken surgical simulation to the next level.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy - 1000 Patients - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Nephron-sparing surgery is now considered standard of care for small renal masses (less than 4cm).
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Localized T1a Renal Lesions in the Elderly: Outcomes of Laparoscopic Partial and Radical Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The co-morbidities of a patient often dictate the management strategy of their small renal mass. Unknown is whether increasing age should be considered a prognostic co-morbid factor.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Tumor Size and Depth Are Associated with Complications of Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this very important and sobering prospectively collected series of 336 consecutive laparoscopic partial nephrectomies, the authors report a complication rate of 36% of which 6.6% were major in nature;
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Effects of Ischemia on Human Renal Interstitial Fluid Metabolites - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this elegant study, the authors used a needle implanted microdialysis catheter to monitor levels of glucose, pyruvate, lactate, and glycerol in the renal parenchyma of 10 patients undergoing a laparoscopic nephrectomy or nephroureterectomy;
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AUA 2009 - Imaging and Radiology - 11C-Acetate PET Imaging for Complicated Renal Cysts - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Traditional PET scanning with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose for renal cell cancer has been largely of little use. However, the use of 11C-Acetate may change this situation completely.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Novel Magnetically Guided Intra-abdominal Camera to Facilitate Laparoendoscopic Single Site Surgery: Initial Human Experience - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) surgery has gained recent interest for renal surgery.
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AUA 2009 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Single Incision Trans-Ureteral (SITU) Laparoscopic Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has received increasing attention from the urological community.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Renal Function And Local Recurrence After Partial Nephrectomy in Solitary Kidneys - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - There is an increasing incidence of renal masses detected in solitary kidneys.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Active Treatment of Localized Renal Tumors May Not Impact Overall Survival in Patients 75 Years of Age or Older with Medical Comorbidity - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This group of investigators from the Cleveland Clinic reported on overall survival in >75 year-old patients managed with active surveillance, nephron-sparing surgery, or nephrectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - A Non-Randomized Comparison of Overall Survival in Patients with Clinical T1b Renal Tumors Treated with Radical Nephrectomy (RN) or Partial Nephrectomy (PN) - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - While partial nephrectomy (PN) is preferred to radical nephrectomy (RN) for most clinical T1a renal masses, for T1b tumors (4 to 7cm) there is still debate regarding the best management.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Extent of Tumor Necrosis is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These investigators hypothesized that tumor necrosis is an independent prognostic factor for papillary subtype (PRCC) and that sub-classification according to necrosis extent is of prognostic relevance.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - Risk Factors for the Development of Urinary Fistulae After Partial Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These investigators from Memorial Sloan Kettering presented data on the risk factors and natural history of urinary fistula after partial nephrectomy.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - A Favorable Oncological Outcome and the Adequate Preservation of the Residual Renal Function After Nephron-Sparing Surgery for the Patients with T1b or T2N0M0 Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Comparison to Radical Nephrectomy - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Surgical treatment for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) may increase the risk of postoperative chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Localized - The Incidence of Benign Renal Mass Negatively Correlates with Tumor Size in Men Only and is Influenced by Surgical Approach-A Multicentric Study - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These researchers sought to define preoperative independent predictors for a renal mass to harbor benign histology.
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AUA 2009 - AUA Clinical Guideline on the Management of the Incidentally Discovered Small Renal Mass - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Steve Campbell, Cleveland Clinic, reviewed the AUA guidelines on management of the small renal mass.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - VHL Induces Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in an NF-κB Dependent Manner - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These investigators evaluated downstream signaling events resulting fromVHL loss in sporadic renal clear cell carcinoma.
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AUA 2009 - State-of-the-Art Lecture - Advanced Imaging for Prostate and Kidney Cancers - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Jean de la Rosette presented critical information on imaging in prostate and kidney tumors.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - Wild Type von Hippel-Landau (VHL) Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma (CRCC): Is it a Distinct Clinical and Histological Entity? - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - In this study, the investigators sought to determine whether wild type VHL Clear Cell RCC (CCRCC) could be a distinct clinical and histological entity.
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AUA 2009 - New Approaches to Management of Cancer Invasiveness: Personalized Therapy and Drug Discovery in Urologic Cancer - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Dr. Dan Theodorescu presented the concept of personalized cancer therapy.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - Impact of Ischemia and Tissue Procurement Conditions on Gene Expression in Renal Cell Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Identifying differences in gene expression has become important in understanding tumor biology and identifying targets for adjuvant treatments.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - Antitumor Effect Of In Situ Cryoablation With Systemic Immunotherapy On Murine Renal Cell Tumor - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Cryotherapy results with renal cancer have been slightly better than other minimally invasive techniques.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - Molecular Mechanism to Explain the Role of Carbonic Anhydrase IX as a Prognostic and Predictive Biomarker for Renal Cell Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Carbonic anhydrase IX (CA9) is a hypoxia-regulated transmembrane protein associated with neoplastic growth in a large spectrum of human tumors.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - Increased Expression of PTPL1-Associated RhoGAP-1(PARG1) is Associated with Malignant Pathological Features and May Predict Recurrence in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Rho family and related proteins are involved in cell division and formation of the actin cytoskeleton in cancer cells.
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AUA 2009 - Kidney Cancer: Basic Research - Adiponectin Inhibits VEGF Secretion from Human Renal Cell Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Obesity has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of disease states including cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Lecture Panel 3: Organ-preserving Strategies for Pediatric GU Tumors - SPU Meeting - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - There is excellent data suggesting that prepubertal testicular tumors are benign in contrast to pubertal testicular tumors that are malignant over 95% of the time.
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AUA 2009 - Renal Cancer: Nephron Sparing for Renal Function - SUO Meeting - Session Highlights
Saturday, 25 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This session of the SUO meeting was based upon a lecture “Impact of Nephron Sparing on Renal Function and Non-Oncologic Mortality,” delivered by William Huang, MD, New York University.
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AUA 2009 - Société Internationale d’Urologie (SIU) Lecture - Lymph Node Dissection in Urologic Cancers: Treatment or Staging Only - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Professor Joachim Thuroff discussed lymph node dissection (LND) in urologic cancers.
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