title: Robotic approaches to renal cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery has had considerable impact on the management of localized prostate cancer. The role of robot assistance in laparoscopic renal surgery is less well defined, however.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There have been few recently published papers regarding the robotic approach to management of renal cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Few clear benefits have been demonstrated for robotic-assisted over the conventional laparoscopic approach for the management of renal cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, and Kings College London School of Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: Declan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Prokar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dasgupta
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods*; D012371:Robotics; D025321:Surgery, Computer-Assisted; D016896:Treatment Outcome