Renal Function Outcomes In Patients Treated With Renal Masses Smaller Than 4 Cm By Ablative And Extirpative Techniques

UroToday.com - This is an extremely important report of the importance of preserving as much normal functioning renal tissue as possible when treating patients with renal tumor disease. These researchers at UT Southwestern clearly demonstrate that in all patients presenting with renal tumors almost a third will have pre-existing compromise of their renal function to stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD) as defined by a GFR

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Filed under: Cancer on February 18th, 2008