Patients with horseshoe kidneys appear to have lower single-treatment success and stone-free rates after shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) than patients with normal kidneys, data suggest.

TORONTO—Patients with horseshoe kidneys appear to have lower single-treatment success and stone-free rates after shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL) than patients with normal kidneys, data suggest.

Centrally located renal masses are five times as likely as peripherally located masses to be renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to researchers.

TORONTO—Centrally located renal masses are five times as likely as peripherally located masses to be renal cell carcinoma (RCC), according to researchers.

Prostate cancer patients who use statins may be at lower risk of PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) compared with those who do not use the medications, according to investigators.

TORONTO—Prostate cancer patients who use statins may be at lower risk of PSA recurrence after radical prostatectomy (RP) compared with those who do not use the medications, according to investigators.

Recipients of expanded-criteria donor (ECD) kidneys have similar patient and graft survival regardless of their history of pretransplant cardiac disease (PCD), even if the recipients had coronary revascularization prior to transplantation, a study shows.

BOSTON—Longer duration of oral valganciclovir prophylaxis against cytomegalovirus (CMV) in high-risk renal transplant patients significantly reduces the incidence of CMV infection one year post transplant, new findings suggest.

Shipping live-donor kidneys to transplant centers over long distances—even transcontinentally—does not adversely affect recipient outcomes, a recent experience involving four transplant centers suggests.

BOSTON—Shipping live-donor kidneys to transplant centers over long distances—even transcontinentally—does not adversely affect recipient outcomes, a recent experience involving four transplant centers suggests.