Vena cava resection with renal cell carcinoma.
Resection of an involved inferior vena cava along with a kidney tumor is quite feasible and can be curative. This situation is illustrated by a case which has survived for 30 months since such resection and the patient is still free of tumor. Although there is tendency to take venous involvement a sign of poor prognosis, a review of the literature has shown encouraging results with this aggressive approach. Other reasons are given for adopting the radical approach towards advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D011379:Prognosis; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*