Partial Nephrectomy News Today

New Delhi [India], October 14 (ANI/PNN): Timing is of the essence during any medical procedure. Healthcare professionals can deliver better results timely by leveraging progressive technologies. The new-age precision surgical technologies have a high success rate, positively contributing to patient well-being and experience. The Bhailal Amin General Hospital (BAGH) has been at the forefront of introducing new-age precision surgical technologies in Gujarat. It has successfully adopted modern prec...

Six months of adjuvant nivolumab plus ipilimumab after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma offers no disease-free survival benefit, reveals trial that highlights treatment duration and tolerability.

Though people above 60 years old are more at risk of kidney cancer, with men being the most prevalent, such tumors have been seen in younger people (50 years old) in India, with an estimated incidence of 2-3 per 100,000 men and 1 per 100,000 females.

Applying renal scoring criteria to children with kidney masses may help identify some who can be offered nephron-sparing surgery, instead of a radical nephrectomy, which is the standard of care.