Outcomes of Minimal Invasive vs Open Radical Nephrectomy for the Treatment of Locally Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma.

Purpose: We compare oncologic outcomes of minimally invasive and open nephrectomy for locally advanced kidney cancer.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective review of a single-institutional, prospectively maintained database from a National Comprehensive Cancer Network-designated center was conducted. All patients who underwent radical nephrectomy at Roswell Park Cancer Institute with diagnosis of pT3 and pT4 renal-cell carcinoma (RCC) between years 1998 and 2015 were reviewed.

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy with the Da Vinci Xi.

Purpose. The surgical expertise to perform robotic partial nephrectomy is heavily dependent on technology. The Da Vinci Xi (XI) is the latest robotic surgical platform with significant advancements compared to its predecessor.

Biomarkers for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer: Current tests and future promise.

The search continues for optimal markers that can be utilized to improve bladder cancer detection and to predict disease recurrence. Although no single marker has yet replaced the need to perform cystoscopy and urine cytology, many tests have been evaluated and are being developed. In the future, these promising markers may be incorporated into standard practice to address the challenge of screening in addition to long-term surveillance of patients who have or are at risk for developing bladder cancer.

Operative technique and early experience for robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (RALNU) using da Vinci Xi.

Purpose: Robotic-assisted laparoscopic nephroureterectomy (RALNU) has been previously utilized for management of upper tract urothelial carcinoma. The da Vinci Xi surgical system was released in April of 2014. We describe our operative technique and early experience for RALNU using the da Vinci Xi system highlighting unique features of this surgical platform.

[Renal tuberculosis and renal adenocarcinoma: a misleading association].

The association of renal cancer and renal tuberculosis is uncommon. While the incidental discovery of renal cell carcinoma in a tuberculous kidney is a classical finding, the discovery of tuberculous lesions after nephrectomy for cancer is exceptional. The authors describe the case of a patient operated for renal cancer in whom histological examination revealed associated renal tuberculosis.