http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have released study results that show national treatment trends in the surgical management of patients with kidney disease. The study found that partial and complete kidney removal (total nephrectomy) and energy-based techniques to destroy tumors are all on the rise. Surprisingly, the patients most in need of kidney-sparing surgery are still more likely to undergo total nephrectomy. The findings recently published online in BJU International. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-kidney-surgery-underutilized-patients.html Surgery Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:40:21 EST news283437614 (HealthDay)—Sometimes, simply watching and waiting is a safe alternative to surgery for older patients with small kidney tumors, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-approach-older-patients-kidney-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:40:01 EST news279952397 Thousands of individuals have had kidneys removed unnecessarily because doctors misdiagnosed their disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-kidneys-unnecessarily-due-misdiagnosis-genetic.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:30:01 EST news277047791 LAM, short for pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, affects about 1 in 10,000 women of childbearing age and is characterized by proliferation of smooth muscle-like cells in the lung, destruction of lung tissue, and growth of lymphatic vessels. The disease manifests itself in a wide variety of ways, so it is sometimes difficult to diagnose and there is no cure. The disease is caused by inactivation of either of two genes, TSC1 or TSC2, but to date no animal model has been able to replicate the pathologic features those mutations produce in humans. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-mouse-debilitating-lung-disease-potential.html Medical research Wed, 03 Oct 2012 14:00:01 EST news268488811 A surgical technology called Firefly is shedding new light on kidney cancers and helping doctors at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital remove tumors more safely and more efficiently while sparing the rest of the healthy kidney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-firefly-technology-precise-kidney-surgery.html Surgery Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:09:58 EST news258131302 Using blood, urine and tissue analysis of a unique mouse model, a team led by UC Davis researchers has identified several proteins as diagnostic biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for kidney cancer. Subject to follow-up validation testing, inhibition of these proteins and several related pathways holds promise as a form of therapy to slow the growth of kidney tumors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-biomarkers-therapeutic-kidney-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 31 May 2012 14:43:18 EST news257694189 An increasingly common and safer type of surgery for kidney cancer is not as likely to be used for older, sicker and poorer patients who are uninsured or rely on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care, according to a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-safer-kidney-cancer-surgery-under-used.html Cancer Tue, 15 May 2012 14:56:58 EST news256312612 (Medical Xpress) -- When considering treatment options for kidney tumors, preserving any kidney function is preferable to removing the entire organ: Cardiovascular health improves, hypertension is less frequent and re-hospitalization rates decrease.   http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cancer-technique-lessens-pain-hospital.html Cancer Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:20:01 EST news227522999 Researchers are halting kidney cancer with a novel form of radioimmunotherapy that zeroes in on antigens associated with renal cell carcinoma. Patients with progressive kidney cancer receiving up to three doses of the therapy show dramatic slowing of cancer growth and stabilization of their disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-cancer-seeking-smart-kidney-cancer-cells.html Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:40:05 EST news226584282 Patients with small kidney tumors are more likely to be offered treatment options based on surgeons' case volume and type of practice than on tumor characteristics, a Mayo Clinic study has found. Fellowship-trained surgeons who practice in academic medical centers with high volumes of patients with kidney tumors were 70 to 80 percent more likely to follow American Urological Association (AUA) guidelines by recommending partial nephrectomy. Surgeons in private practice who see few patients with kidney tumors more often offered radical nephrectomy: removal of the entire kidney. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-mayo-clinic-surgeon-caseload-affect.html Cancer Sun, 15 May 2011 01:56:49 EST news224643379