Should radical nephrectomy be performed in the face of surgically incurable disease?

The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in the management of metastatic renal cancer remains controversial. Recent trials, like SWOG 8949 have suggested the usefulness of this approach at least in selected patients with good performance status and other favorable indicators. The timing of cytoreductiv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Current opinion in urology 2000-09, Vol.10 (5), p.429-434
Hauptverfasser:	Yonover, Paul Matthew, Flanigan, Robert C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Carcinoma, Renal Cell - pathology Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery Humans Immunotherapy Kidney Neoplasms - pathology Kidney Neoplasms - surgery Neoplasm Metastasis Nephrectomy Prognosis Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:	The role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in the management of metastatic renal cancer remains controversial. Recent trials, like SWOG 8949 have suggested the usefulness of this approach at least in selected patients with good performance status and other favorable indicators. The timing of cytoreductive nephrectomy has also been controversial and remains so to this time.
ISSN:	0963-0643 1473-6586
DOI:	10.1097/00042307-200009000-00011