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The importance of surgical margins in renal cell and urothelial carcinomas
Author(s) -
Alemozaffar Mehrdad,
Filson Christopher P.,
Master Viraj A.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.24121
Subject(s) - medicine , cystectomy , urothelial cancer , renal cell carcinoma , chemotherapy , urology , urothelial carcinoma , adjuvant chemotherapy , urothelial cell , oncology , cancer , surgery , bladder cancer , breast cancer
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;113:316–322 . © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.