Research suggests doctors should consider kidney-sparing surgery
Wednesday, October 22, 2008 - 05:42
in Health & Medicine
A study of almost 1,500 kidney cancer patients treated at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre suggests that surgery to spare as much kidney tissue as possible may improve overall survival in patients who also have reduced kidney function at the time their cancer is diagnosed. The finding is significant because both kidney cancer and decreased kidney function appear to be increasing...
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