Full Description
This fully updated third edition provides a comprehensive, state-of- the-art review of renal cancer, and will serve as a guide for urology residents, clinicians, surgeons, and researchers with an interest in renal cell carcinoma. The title will review the latest information regarding: epidemiology, clinical staging, molecular biology and genetics, hereditary syndromes, pathology, imaging, molecular imaging, interventional radiology, surgical advances, and the unified approach to surgery and systemic therapy of renal cell carcinoma. It also addresses the management of localized RCC, locally advanced disease, and systemically advanced disease.
A valuable resource for physicians and researchers dealing with renal cancer, Renal Cancer: Contemporary Management, Third Edition will provide a comprehensive summary of the field that will guide patient management and stimulate further clinical and basics science research efforts.
Contents
1. Epidemiology, Screening, and Clinical Staging.- 2. Molecular Genetics of Renal Cell Carcinoma .- 3. Familial and Hereditary Syndromes in Renal Cell Cancer.- 4. Pathology of Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 5. Imaging of Renal Cancer.- 6. Molecular Imaging for Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 7. Interventional Radiology and Angioinfarction Transcatheter Embolization of Renal Tumors.- 8. Natural History, Diagnostic Evaluation, and Active Surveillance of Small Renal Masses.- 9. Rationale for Partial Nephrectomy, Current Practice Patterns.- 10. Objectifying Complexity of Kidney Cancers: Relationship of Tumor Anatomy and Outcomes.- 11. History of Renal Surgery for Cancer.- 12. The Surgical Approaches to Renal Masses and Their Impact on Postoperative Renal Function.- 13. Open Partial Nephrectomy.- 14. Minimally Invasive Partial Nephrectomy and Ablative Procedures for Small Renal Masses.- 15. Surgery for Renal Cell Carcinoma with Thrombus Extension into the Vena Cava .- 16. Role of lymphadenectomy in renal cell cancer.- 17. Role of Surgery in Locally Recurrent and Metastatic Renal Cancer .- 18. Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma of Variant Histology.- 19. Surgical Management for Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Upper Tract.- 20. Postoperative Surveillance Protocols for Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 21. Role of Radiation Therapy in Renal Cancer.- 22. Systemic Therapies for the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 23.Unified Approaches to Surgery and Systemic Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma.- 24. CAR-T Therapy for Kidney Cancer.
