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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 1998 90(19):1426-1427; doi:10.1093/jnci/90.19.1426
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Are Lumpectomies for Kidney Cancer Shifting Towards Acceptance?

Partial nephrectomies, if not exactly the rage, are being seriously considered for growing numbers of patients with renal cell carcinoma.

The ideal candidate for this procedure is a patient who has a single, small (less than 4-cm) tumor in one kidney and whose other kidney is at high risk for present or future kidney failure, or a patient with only one functioning kidney. In the absence of metastatic disease, a patient with cancer in both kidneys may also be considered for a partial nephrectomy.

More recently, the indications for this type of so-called "nephron-sparing surgery" to preserve renal function and to keep patients . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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