A review of the evolving field of the management of renal masses has been published in the Canadian Urological Association Journal. In this review, an expert panel from the Kidney Cancer Research Network of Canada provided the following recommendations: Renal mass biopsy should be offered to patients if the results of the biopsy will change […]
The question as to whether to biopsy small renal masses or not is debated by two kidney cancer experts; Professor Jaime Landman from University of California Irvine Medical Centre in the US, and Professor Michael Staehler from the Ludwig- Maximilian University in Munich, Germany. The experts discuss whether patients with small renal masses should be […]
Dr Finelli from the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Canada, gave a presentation in favour of the biopsy of small renal masses at the Canadian Uro-oncology Summit in Toronto last week. In summary, a renal tumour biopsy is accurate, safe, impacts management, avoids over-treatment and enables personalised care for each patient. Dr Finelli recommends […]
The MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) 13th Update on the Management of Genitourinary Malignancies Conference took place in Houston, Texas at the end of last week (9-10 November). Kidney cancer highlights from the meeting have been published by UroToday. You can read more online on UroToday below: MDACC 2018: Promising Emerging Systemic Therapies for mRCC MDACC […]
A recent study has shown that the risk of spread of cancer cells to the fat surrounding the kidney (perinephric fat) during a biopsy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is very small, and occurred in only 1.2% of cases. In these cases, a renal mass biopsy resulted in the stage of the cancer changing from […]
A recent study presented at the American Urology Association (AUA) Annual Meeting in Boston last month, described the concept of using tumour DNA that is circulating in the blood stream as a novel biomarker for the diagnosis and surveillance of renal cancer. The collection of tumour DNA from blood is relatively easy and non-invasive; an advantage over […]
A recent survey of Canadian Urologists assessed the use of renal tumour biopsy in the management of small renal masses and identified barriers to a more widespread use of renal tumour biopsy. Renal tumour biopsy has been demonstrated to be a safe procedure, and without the perceived risk of spreading the cancer cells throughout the […]
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