Open AccessModern management of renal cancer
Author(s) -
Swallow Tom,
Anderson Chris
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
trends in urology, gynaecology & sexual health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1931-2288
pISSN - 1362-5306
DOI - 10.1002/tre.83
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , kidney cancer , disease , cancer , intensive care medicine , kidney disease , overall survival , oncology , kidney
Although the prognosis for patients with metastatic kidney cancer is poor, those presenting with localised disease are potentially curable with nephrectomy alone. The authors explain how newer, targeted therapeutic agents show promise of extending survival, and outline recent advances in surgical options and the development of more precise prognostic indicators of disease progression and survival. Copyright © 2008 Wiley Interface Ltd