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CD133: A MARKER OF TRANSIT AMPLIFICATION RATHER THAN STEM CELL PHENOTYPE IN THE PROSTATE?
Author(s) -
Grey Benjamin R.,
Oates Jeremy E.,
Brown Michael D.,
Clarke Noel W.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bju international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 1464-4096
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.2008.08250.x
Subject(s) - cancer , prostate cancer , medicine , library science , gerontology , computer science
What do we conclude from this? While being a term that has developed, radical nephrectomy is probably a reasonable phrase for removal of the kidney secondary to malignancy (with or without adrenalectomy and lymphadenectomy). However, simple nephrectomy is a misnomer, as ‘simple’ nephrectomies are not, on average, easier than radical nephrectomies. Furthermore, complication rates are comparable if not greater than nephrectomies for malignancy. This terminology could be particularly troublesome should a case proceed to the medicolegal arena, in which, e.g. one could be criticised for complications in a ‘simple’ nephrectomy case? We thus argue that the term ‘simple’ nephrectomy be abandoned and replaced by the more appropriate terminology of ‘non-radical’ nephrectomy, to emphasize surgical removal of the kidney for nonmalignant conditions.