Gender disparity in kidney cancer treatment: women are more likely to undergo radical excision of a localized renal mass.

Objective: To investigate gender effects on the type of nephrectomy performed for a stage I renal mass and differences that might account for disparity in treatment patterns according to gender.

Methods: Using a single-institution database, patients who underwent nephrectomy at a tertiary referral center for a localized, solitary tumor, ≤ 7 cm with a normal contralateral kidney were identified. Variables thought to affect selection for type of nephrectomy were compared between male and female patients.

Perioperative and renal function outcomes of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy for T1b and T2a kidney tumors.

Purpose: To compare operative and functional outcomes of minimally invasive partial nephrectomy (MPN) and minimally invasive radical nephrectomy (MRN) for T(1b) and T(2a) renal tumors.

Patients And Methods: All patients who underwent MPN or MRN for a localized, solitary renal mass 4 to 10 cm were included. Perioperative and renal function outcomes were compared.