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EVOLUTION TO NEPHRON‐SPARING SURGERY FOR RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
Author(s) -
O’Malley Patrick J.,
Bruyere Franc,
Costello Anthony J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03971.x
Subject(s) - medicine , renal cell carcinoma , nephrectomy , nephron , open surgery , carcinoma , kidney , general surgery , urology , surgery , oncology , pathology
Earlier diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma has lent itself to significant developments in its management. Traditional treatment has been with radical open nephrectomy; however, minimal invasive procedures and nephron‐sparing surgery have now established themselves as contemporary treatment methods for this condition.