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Laparoscopic cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
BJU Int
August 2004
Section of Laparoscopic and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Glickman Urological Institute, A-100 Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Objective: To critically analyse the results of laparoscopic cytoreductive surgery for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), as phase III evidence supports cytoreductive nephrectomy before immunotherapy, and there is an overall shift towards minimally invasive renal surgery for this disease.
Patients And Methods: Since October 2000, 22 patients were treated by laparoscopic cytoreductive nephrectomy for metastatic RCC (group 1). All patients had radiological evidence of metastatic disease, with biopsy confirmation in 10.