title: The role of renal-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Nephron-sparing surgery provides effective therapy for patients with localized RCC in whom preservation of renal function is a relevant clinical consideration. The technical success rate with this approach is excellent, and long-term patient survival free of cancer is comparable with that obtained after radical nephrectomy, particularly for stage I RCC. The major disadvantage of conservative surgery is the approximately 10% risk of postoperative local tumor recurrence. The risk of local recurrence after radical nephrectomy has not been determined but is presumably less. The indications for nephron-sparing surgery in patients with unilateral RCC and a completely normal opposite kidney are not established, and radical nephrectomy should still be considered the treatment of choice in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Novick
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000601:surgery