Treatment of complex renal tumors with partial nephrectomy: current status and progress
Wang qiang
Zhang Xu
Abstract：The incidence of renal cell carcinoma is gradually increased in China,and it has become a kind of tumors with the 10th cancer incidence in men at 2008.Complex renal tumors are defined as a kind of localized tumors with such clinical and biological characteristics as RENAL score ≥7,anatomic or functional solitary kidney,and without local or remote metastasis.Partial nephrectomy (PN) for the complex renal tumors is great challenges for the urology surgery.Recently,some important progresses have been made on the operational therapy of complex renal tumors,along with the developments on the surgery techniques,equipments,and ancillaries.RN surgeries such as open PN,laparoscopic PN,and robot-assisted PN,have gradually replaced radical nephrectomy,and have effectively improved the quality of life and overall survival of patients.In this paper,progress on the methods,safety,and effectiveness in the PN treatment of complex renal tumors was reviewed.
Keywords：complex renal tumorpartial nephrectomy
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 314-320 )