[Recent advances in nephron-sparing surgery for renal cell carcinoma].
Although radical nephrectomy is a "standard" surgery for management of renal cell carcinoma, nephron-sparing surgery has become accepted for selected patients: those with solitary kidney, bilateral renal cell carcinoma or small renal cell carcinoma. Recently laparoscopic surgery has gradually come to include nephron-sparing surgery with minimum invasiveness. Furthermore, new methodologies such as cryoablation and radiowave ablation enable percutaneous management of nephron-sparing surgery. Thus, nephron-sparing surgery is becoming less invasive. However, its efficacy in controlling cancer needs to be discussed further.
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Dept. of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
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Ito
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D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate