Laparoscopic and open nephroureterectomy for upper urinary tract urothelial-cell carcinoma (UUT-UCC), which are uncommon but aggressive malignancies, are associated with comparable long-term outcomes, Scottish investigators concluded.
Metabolic syndrome is associated with a significantly increased risk of kidney stones, according to a study.
Real-time elastography (RTE) significantly improves detection of prostate cancer (PCa) and extracapsular extension compared with grey-scale ultrasonography (GSU), according to researchers.
The use of androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) for two months before and two months during radiation therapy (RT) for early prostate cancer (PCa) is associated with significantly increased overall survival and decreased disease-specific mortality, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule that would update payment policies and rates under the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System.
Physicians seldom following clinical guidelines for managing patients with high-grade, non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to an online report in Cancer.
The overall number of deceased-donor kidney transplants rose 40% for minorities and 8% for non-Hispanic whites from the six years before to the six years after the U.S. kidney allocation system eliminated the allocation priority for matching of HLA-B antigens between candidates and potential deceased donors.
The FDA recently issued a safety alert regarding placement of surgical mesh as a treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP).
A large waist size increases the risk of death among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), data show.
Early reduction in primary tumor (PT) size independently predicts better overall survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) treated with sunitinib, researchers reported.
