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October 4, 2006 -- A new study showed that over the past 20 years, greater numbers of small kidney tumors are being detected and surgically excised, yet incidence and mortality rates of kidney cancer ...

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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) can effectively treat small benign tumors in a single session, and long-term outcomes of RFA for renal tumors depend on tumor size, according to the findings of two ...

Many benign kidney tumors don’t cause symptoms. But when symptoms do occur, they can include blood in the urine and pain in the lower back or between the ribs and hips. Benign kidney tumors are ...

I had a routine ultrasound to check my kidneys because my father (who is 80) has kidney disease, and his urologist said ...

Conventional imaging studies such as ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging are increasingly detecting small renal masses, which are interpreted by radiologists as highly ...

The prognostic value of Meet-URO score in patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma receiving second or third-line tyrosine kinase inhibitors/immune checkpoint inhibitors combination ...

Relieving venous congestion using thrombectomy may preserve kidney function in RCC with IVC tumor thrombus.

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