Although the traditional approach to prostate cancer has been to target the entire gland, Cleveland Clinic has offered focal cryotherapy on a very limited basis since 2005 for men with low-risk disease who understand the implications of all treatment options.
Development of postoperative acute renal failure (ARF) increases the mortality after cardiac surgery to 50%. Previous attempts at therapeutic interventions have failed, and the survival rate associated with ARF remains dismal.
Smoking, obesity, and physical activity are risk factors for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) incidence and mortality, a study found.
Nephrologists from around the world have banded together to issue a strongly worded series of statements intended to stem organ trafficking and transplant tourism.
Supplementing diuretic therapy with a drug that conserves potassium reduces the overall risk of cardiac mortality as well as the risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD), according to a meta-analysis conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
Nephron-sparing techniques should be considered for patients with significantly diminished renal function who are undergoing nephrectomy for renal cortical tumors, according to researchers.
Renal transplant specialists have developed an innovative new laboratory technique to improve opportunities and success rates for kidney transplant candidates who are at high risk for organ rejection due to previous exposure to donor antigens.
Reseachers have identified, for the first time, gene variations that explain the increased burden of kidney diseases among African Americans.
Following promising results of earlier studies, phase 3 trials of a therapeutic vaccine for diabetes mellitus are moving in the United States and Europe. Each trial will enroll about 300 patients.
Counting copies of a specific gene in cells gathered from a urine sample may provide a simple, noninvasive way to detect bladder cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
