Estimation and Prediction of Renal Function in Patients With Renal Tumor - Abstract
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
Department of Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
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Phase II Randomized Study of Plitidepsin (Aplidin), Alone or in Association with L-carnitine, in Patients with Unresectable Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma - Abstract
Tuesday, 12 May 2009
University Hospital Leuven, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Hypothyroidism Related to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors: An Emerging Toxic Effect of Targeted Therapy - Abstract
Monday, 11 May 2009
Medical Oncology Division, San Filippo Neri Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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The Evolving Management of Small Renal Masses - Abstract
Monday, 11 May 2009
Department of Surgery, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 8 Huntingdon Pike, Rockledge, PA 19046, USA.
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Food Groups and Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results from a Case-Control Study - Abstract
Friday, 08 May 2009
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health and Health Professions, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0231, USA.
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Comparison of Oncologic Outcomes for Open and Laparoscopic Nephroureterectomy: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of 1249 Cases - Abstract
Friday, 08 May 2009
Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Response to Sorafenib After Sunitinib-Induced Acute Heart Failure in a Patient with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature - Abstract
Thursday, 07 May 2009
Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA.
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Preclinical Evaluation of Adoptive Cell Therapy for Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma - Abstract
Thursday, 07 May 2009
Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Cancer Research Center, Israel.
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Telomere Length in Peripheral Blood Predicts Survival in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma - Abstract
Wednesday, 06 May 2009
Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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Sunitinib Treatment for Patients with Advanced Clear-Cell Renal-Cell Carcinoma after Progression on Sorafenib - Abstract
Wednesday, 06 May 2009
Department of Medicine III (Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine), Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany.
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Differential Expression of KAI1 Metastasis Suppressor Protein in Renal Cell Tumor Histological Subtypes - Abstract
Tuesday, 05 May 2009
Department of Urology, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.
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The Von Hippel-Lindau Protein Sensitizes Renal Carcinoma Cells to Apoptotic Stimuli Through Stabilization of BIM(EL - Abstract
Tuesday, 05 May 2009
University of Rochester School of Medicine, NY 14642, USA.
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Four Cases of Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma - Abstract
Monday, 04 May 2009
The Department of Urology, Ikeda municipal Hospital.
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Hypoxia Inducible Factor-1alpha Correlates with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A and C Indicating Worse Prognosis in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma - Abstract
Monday, 04 May 2009
Department of Pathology, Rijeka University School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia.
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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 - Imaging and Radiology - MRI and CT Characteristics of Renal Cryolesions: Intermediate Follow-up - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This study of 34 patients with renal masses (mean size 2.8 cm; range 1.2 to 4.0 cm), all of whom are 2 years out from undergoing renal cryoablation, specifically addresses several questions with regard to imaging.
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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Technology and Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Temporary Segmental Renal Artery Occlusion Using a Novel Reverse Phase Polymer for Robotic Partial Nephrectomy in a Swine Model - Session Highlights
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - Renal vascular clamping with ensuing global warm ischemia is typically necessary during laparoscopic partial nephrectomy.
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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 - Technology & Instruments: Robotics/Laparoscopy - Robot-Assisted MRI-Guided Prostatic Interventions - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The application of robotic technology continues to be developed and refined for urologic surgery.
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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 - 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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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 - 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 - 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: 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Urothelial Cancer: Upper Tract Tumors - Patterns and Predictors of Urothelial Recurrence Following Nephroureterectomy for Upper Tract Tumors - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - These authors report on the incidence, clinicopathologic features, and predictors of recurrent tumors after nephroureterectomy (NU) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) in patients with no prior history of bladder cancer.
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AUA 2009 - Urothelial Cancer: Upper Tract Tumors - Troubling Outcomes from a Population Level Analysis of Surgery for Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - The aim of this study was to review the surgical management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) on a population level to determine if sub-optimal surgical technique is associated with an adverse prognosis.
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AUA 2009 - Urothelial Cancer: Surgical Therapy - Removal of at Least 8 Nodes Improves Cancer Specific Survival in Non Metastatic Patients with Upper Tract Urothelial Carcinoma - Session Highlights
Monday, 27 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This large multi-institutional research consortium sought to establish a minimum number of lymph nodes (LN) that should be removed to improve cancer-specific survival (CSS) in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the upper urinary tract (UTUC) managed with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) and lymph node dissection.
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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 - 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 - 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 - Current Status of Node Dissection in Urologic Cancer: Tx, N0 Kidney Cancer - SUO Meeting - Session Highlights
Saturday, 25 April 2009
CHICAGO, IL, USA (UroToday.com) - This session was conducted by Dr. Michael Blute of the Mayo Clinic.
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Surgeon Is First to Remove Kidney and Prostate Through Single, Small Incision
Friday, 24 April 2009
LITTLE ROCK, AR, USA (News Release) - April 24, 2009
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