Cancer Web Sites No Aid to Trial Enrollment
Tuesday, 10 February 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Web sites for organizations involved in clinical cancer research lack sufficient information to enhance patient enrollment in clinical trials, according to a report in the February 9th online edition of Cancer.
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Laparoscopic Cyst Decortication in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease Provides Durable Relief of Pain
Wednesday, 04 February 2004
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney disease (ADPKD) represents one of the most common worldwide hereditary disorders. It affects an estimated 500,000 people in the U.S.A. alone.
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Telomerase Pulsed Dendritic Cells Could Aid Renal Cell Carcinoma Immunotherapy
Friday, 16 January 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Although renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is immunologically susceptible, it lacks specific tumor antigens for the induction of specific immunotherapy. German researchers report promising results using telomerase peptide as a tumor-associated antigen for RCC immunotherapy.
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Focused Ultrasound Shows Promise as Treatment for Advanced Renal Cancer
Tuesday, 16 December 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - High intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) appears to be a safe and potentially effective treatment for advanced stage renal malignancy, according to a report published in the December issue of The Journal of Urology.
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Simple Formula May Aid in Establishing Clinical Prognosis for Non-metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
Monday, 15 December 2003
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Ability to predict outcomes prior to removal of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) may prove useful in counseling patients and determining eligibility for adjunctive treatment programs.
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Modified Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy Provides Benefits Over Open Nephroureterectomy and Results in no Increased Risk of Tumor Recurrence
Monday, 20 October 2003
Dr. H.C. Klingler and colleagues from Vienna, Austria write in the October issue of European Urology about their experience with 19 patients who underwent modified laparoscopic nephroureterectomies (LNU) and compared them to 15 who had standard open nephroureterectomies (ONU).
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Modern Cryosurgery Effective Treatment for Renal and Prostatic Tumors
Tuesday, 07 October 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Minimally invasive cryosurgery appears to be an effective treatment for organ-confined prostate cancer and small renal masses, according to two reports in the Journal of Urology for October.
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Aeterna Kidney Cancer Drug Trial did not Meet Goals
Wednesday, 24 September 2003
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Aeterna Laboratories Inc. on Wednesday said a trial testing one of its drugs for treating a form of kidney cancer failed to meet its primary goal of improving survival.
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Laparoscopic Hellstrom Technique an Alternative to Dismembered Pyeloplasty for Some Patients with Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction and Crossing Vessels
Monday, 15 September 2003
Meng and Stoller report in the September issue of Urology on 9 patients who had symptomatic ureteropelvic junction (UPJ) obstruction associated with anterior crossing vessels. They chose to treat them by vessel transposition, the Hellstrom technique, rather than laparoscopic pyeloplasty. The twenty-six remaining patients underwent standard laparoscopic pyeloplasty.
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Antigenics Announces Partial Clinical Hold on Phase III Trials for Kidney Cancer and Melanoma
Wednesday, 03 September 2003
All Patients Currently Enrolled in Phase III Trials Will Continue Treatment No Safety Concerns Raised by FDA Other Trials Will Proceed Uninterrupted, Including Phase II Studies of Oncophage and AG-858 Conference Call To Be Held Today at 9:00 am EDT.
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Bevacizumab Delays Progression of Metastatic Renal Cancer
Wednesday, 30 July 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bevacizumab, a humanized monoclonal antibody against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), increases progression-free survival in patients with metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma, according to results of a study discontinued early because of treatment-related benefit. The study is reported in the New England Journal of Medicine for July 31.
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Regional Node Involvement Remains a Poor Prognostic Factor for Renal Cell Cancer
Tuesday, 08 July 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The advent of modern adjuvant immunotherapy (IMT) has done little to diminish the adverse effect of regional lymph node involvement on the prognosis of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to a recent report.
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CellCept Reduces Cancer Risk After Transplants -- Roche
Tuesday, 03 June 2003
ZURICH (Reuters) - Clinical trials have shown Roche Holding AG's CellCept drug reduces the risk that kidney transplant patients will develop cancer, the Swiss healthcare group said on Tuesday.
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Ultrasound Screening for Renal Cell Carcinoma is Feasible but Not Clearly Justifiable
Thursday, 29 May 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a two-year study involving nearly 10,000 volunteers, German researchers have found that using ultrasonography to screen for renal cell carcinoma is effective, but its justification remains unclear.
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Useful for Even the Tiniest Infants
Friday, 23 May 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) using the most current modalities can be applied successfully to treat acute renal failure in critically ill infants weighing 10 kilograms or less, according to results of a study reported in the May issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
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Pre-Emptive Analgesia Fails to Reduce Opioid Needs Following Gynecologic Surgery
Friday, 23 May 2003
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In women undergoing gynecologic surgery through a midline vertical incision, injecting the proposed site with local anesthetic before making the incision does not decrease postoperative opioid use, according to a recent report.
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Shark Cartilage Extract to Treat Kidney Cancer Given US Orphan Drug Status
Tuesday, 29 October 2002
WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) - Canada's AEterna Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its lead product, a compound extracted from the cartilage of sharks, orphan drug status for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.
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Kidney Cancer Rate Rising Rapidly in British Women
Monday, 23 September 2002
LONDON (Reuters) - Cancer of the kidney has surpassed breast and lung cancer to become the form of the disease with the most rapidly rising incidence rate among British women.
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Angiogenesis Inhibitor Appears to Delay Kidney Cancer Progression
Tuesday, 21 May 2002
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters Health) - An anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody, Genentech's bevacizumab, appears to slow the progression of metastatic renal carcinoma, although it does not cause most tumors to actually shrink, new phase II study findings presented here Sunday show.
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Nephron-Sparing Therapy for Renal Tumors
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Energy Ablative Therapy of Renal Tumours
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Percutaneous Cryoablation of Large Renal Masses: Technical Feasibility and Short-Term Outcome.
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Percutaneous MR-Guided Cryoablation for Malignancies, with A Focus on Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Hemothorax after Percutaneous Cryoablation of the Kidney: Part 2.
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Laparoscopic Cryoablation for Small Renal Masses: Three-Year Follow-up
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Differences in Ablation Size in Porcine Kidney, Liver, and Lung After Cryoablation Using the Same Ablation Protocol
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Cryoablation of Renal Cancer: Variables Involved in Freezing-Induced Cell Death
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Sequential Changes after Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation of Renal Neoplasms: Role of CT and MR Imaging
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Renal Cancer: What Can We Expect from Emerging New Technologies: Radiofrequency and Cryoablation?
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Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography in the Follow-Up of Cryoablation of Renal Tumours: A Feasibility Study
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Transcatheter and Ablative Therapeutic Approaches for Solid Malignancies
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Percutaneous Cryoablation of 40 Solid Renal Tumors with US Guidance and CT Monitoring: Initial Experience
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Thermal Maps Around Two Adjacent Cryoprobes Creating Overlapping Ablations in Porcine Liver, Lung, and Kidney
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Percutaneous Cryoablation of an Upper Pole Renal Mass: Use of Contralateral Single Lung Ventilation to Avoid Pleural and Pulmonary Puncture
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Laparoscopy-Assisted Cryoablation of Small Kidney Tumours
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Oncologic Outcomes for Ablative Therapy of Kidney Cancer.
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Effect of Freeze Time during Renal Cryoablation: A Swine Model
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Modeling the Heat Transfer Problem for the Novel Combined Cryosurgery and Hyperthermia System.
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Cryotherapy III, Bibliographic Review. Our Experience(II)
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Cryotherapy III, Bibliographic Review. Our Experience (I)
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Comparison of Radiofrequency Ablation, Cryoablation, and Nephrectomy in Treating Implanted VX-2 Carcinoma in Rabbit Kidneys
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Percutaneous Cryoablation in Combination with Ethanol Injection for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
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Effect of Freezing Parameters (Freeze Cycle and Thaw Process) on Tissue Destruction Following Renal Cryoablation
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Comparison of Renal Ablation with Cryotherapy, Dry Radiofrequency, and Saline Augmented Radiofrequency in A Porcine Model1
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Acute Histologic Changes in Human Renal Tumors after Cryoablation.
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A Comparative Laboratory Study of Liquid Nitrogen and Argon Gas Cryosurgery Systems
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Considerations During Clinical Operation of Two Commercially Available Cryomachines
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