Tag: renal mass

  • Nephron-Sparing Treatments Underused in CKD Patients – Renal and Urology News

    Of particular concern, the researchers noted, is that patients with pre-existing chronic kidney disease (CKD) had a nearly twofold increased likelihood of undergoing RN than NSM compared with patients without CKD. Even though NSM use increased over the study period, most CKD patients still received RN, the investigators found. via Nephron-Sparing Treatments Underused in CKD…

  • PET imaging for renal masses

    UroToday – PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers that Require Surgery “Antibody PET could end up changing the standard of care for patients with kidney cancer,” said the study’s senior author, Paul Russo, MD, a urologic cancer surgeon at MSKCC. “The excellent sensitivity and specificity of this tool supports the utility of G250 PET imaging…