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Cancer Development Linked to Increased Diabetes Risk
Increased risk of subsequent diabetes independent of traditional diabetes risk factors.
Robotics Involved in Most Urologic Cancer Surgeries
In 2015, 69% of surgeries for prostate, bladder, and kidney cancer were performed with robotic assistance, a new meta-analysis shows.
Sunitinib Alone or After Surgery for mRCC Offers Similar Outcomes
New findings from the CARMENA trial contradict previous research showing better survival from cytoreductive nephrectomy followed by targeted therapy.
Urothelial Cell Carcinoma Linked to High Albumin Excretion
Patients in the highest quintile of urinary albumin excretion had a 4.5-fold increased risk of urothelial cell carcinoma vs those in quintiles 1-3.
Readmission Risk Factors for Radical Nephrectomy Patients Identified
Race, procedure and insurance type, sex, surgeon volume, and hospital size influence the risk of readmission among patients undergoing radical nephrectomy, study finds.
Delayed mRCC Targeted Therapy Does Not Worsen Survival
In a study of mRCC patients who received targeted therapy (TT) following cytoreductive nephrectomy, mortality risk did not differ significantly between delayed and early TT.
Racial Disparities in RCC Survival Driven by Socioeconomic Factors
Black patients tended to have lower incomes, less education, longer delays to treatment, greater comorbidity burden.
Partial vs Radical Nephrectomy Lowers Elderly Patient Mortality Risk
Study shows that partial nephrectomy for small renal tumors is associated with lower risk of cancer-specific and other-cause mortality in patients aged 75 years and older.
Diabetes Ups Kidney Cancer Risk in Women
Women with type 2 diabetes have a 1.5-fold higher risk of renal cell carcinoma compared with non-diabetic women.
Smoking Ups Bladder Cancer Risk, Lowers Prostate Cancer Risk
Men and women who smoke are at 2.3-fold and 2.7-fold increased risk of bladder cancer compared with non-smokers.
Odds of Prescribing Drugs Up With Doc Receipt of Payments
Doctors who receive general payment for cancer drug more likely to prescribe drug marketed by company.
Relative Visceral Fat Indicates Mortality Risk for Women With RCC
An evaluation of patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma revealed greater risk of death for female patients with high relative visceral fat area (rVFA), highlighting the significance of metabolic differences between men and women.
Myocarditis Rare Side Effect of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
Myocarditis with ICIs may be more common than initially thought; responds to higher steroid dosages
Older Age May Up Risk for RCC-Related Death After Surgery
The risk of dying from pT1a renal cell carcinoma after partial or radical nephrectomy increases along with patient age.
Nivolumab Plus Ipilimumab Better for Advanced RCC
Among intermediate- and poor-risk patients, the risk for death was 37% lower with nivolumab plus ipilimumab than with sunitinib.
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