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Patients with small renal masses who have a radical nephrectomy are significantly more likely to experience up staging to a more advanced chronic kidney disease stage based on glomerular filtration rate ranges

Surveillance Beats Radical Nephrectomy for Small Masses

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Active surveillance equal to partial nephrectomy for renal function preservation
Smoking is a risk factor for clear cell and papillary renal cell carcinoma

Smoking Ups Risk of Some Renal Cell Cancer Histological Subtypes

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Higher risk for clear cell, papillary renal cell carcinoma, but not chromophobe histology
Urine aquaporin-1 and perilipin-2 seem to have utility as biomarkers for diagnosing malignant clear cell or papillary renal cell carcinoma in a screening paradigm

New Urine Biomarkers Identified for Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Clinical utility, specificity, and sensitivity for urine aquaporin-1 and perilipin-2

Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, Feb. 26-28

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The 2015 Genitourinary Cancers Symposium The American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual Genitourinary Cancers Symposium was held from Feb. 26 to 28 in...
Suicide is a public health concern for patients with genitourinary cancer

Suicide Deemed Public Health Concern in Genitourinary Cancers

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Risk factors include male gender, distant disease, increasing age, race/ethnicity
For postmenopausal women

Lycopene Inversely Linked to Renal Cell Carcinoma Risk

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Findings from 96,196 postmenopausal women enrolled in Women's Health Initiative
Robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery for kidney cancer is associated with considerable benefits

Value of Robot-Assisted Surgery in Kidney CA Accrues Over Time

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Robot-assisted surgery increases access to partial nephrectomy for appropriate patients