This chapter reviews the prevalence, outcomes, and management of positive surgical margins for patients with either renal cell or urothelial carcinomas. Though renal cell carcinoma tends to be resistant to conventional radio- or chemotherapy, kidney cancer patients with positive surgical margins can often be managed with close surveillance with acceptable outcomes. On the other hand, urothelial tumors tend to be more aggressive, and positive surgical margins after radical cystectomy often requires adjuvant therapy. J. Surg. Oncol. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Journal of surgical oncology. 2016 Mar 03 [Epub ahead of print]
Mehrdad Alemozaffar, Christopher P Filson, Viraj A Master
Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia., Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia., Department of Urology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.