Genitourinary Cancers

To optimize outcomes for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, multimodal therapy is often required.

A large retrospective study of older patients diagnosed with small kidney tumors showed that patients who undergo surgery to remove these tumors have the same risk of dying of kidney cancer over a 5-year period as those who undergo surveillance.

MicroRNA expression appears to serve as a biomarker for predicting the progression of bladder urothelial carcinoma, the authors of a study from Israel reported.

A technique of zero-ischemia robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) using near-infrared fluorescence imaging appears to be associated with better postoperative kidney function compared with conventional RPN with main-artery renal clamping.

This month's round-up of new products includes CIVCO patient drapes, MediSafe Projects' medication alert app, a direct purchase program for Zoladex, and GAMMEX non-latex-sensitive surgical gloves.

Findings from a recent survey cement the idea that urology departments at academic centers have adopted thermal ablation as an alternative for management of patients with small renal masses, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Two recent studies appear to shed light on the effect of smoking on bladder cancer outcomes and the role a certain protein plays in metastatic disease.

Hospital volume is a key predictor of survival for patients with urothelial bladder cancer undergoing radical cystectomy and has a greater impact than surgeon volume, findings from a retrospective analysis suggest.

In patients with stage pT1 urothelial bladder cancer, intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guérin (TheraCys, TICE BCG) combined with electromotive mitomycin-C produces higher remission rates and longer remission times than BCG alone, Italian researchers reported.

Minimally invasive retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in testicular cancer reduces length of stay while obtaining a perioperative safety profile comparable to that seen with the open procedure, researchers from the University of California, San Diego Health System reported.