Sometimes, simply watching and waiting is a safe alternative to surgery for older patients with small kidney tumors, a new study suggests.

"Physicians can comfortably tell an elderly patient, especially a patient that is not healthy enough to tolerate general anesthesia and surgery, that the likelihood of dying of kidney cancer is low and that kidney surgery is unlikely to extend their lives," study lead author Dr. William Huang, an assistant professor of urologic oncology at NYU Medical Center, said in a news release from the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).


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The anticancer drug Sutent (sunitinib) does not cause tumors to grow faster after treatment ends, according to a new study.

Previous research in animals suggested that tumor growth may accelerate after patients stopped taking Sutent. The new findings, from a study of kidney cancer patients, indicate that the drug does not pose lingering risks for humans.

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Elderly Health/Long-Term Care
The number of patients diagnosed with small kidney tumors has increased considerably over the last 2 decades. As a result, partial removal of the affected kidney has replaced complete removal as the standard treatment in order to preserve kidney function. A new study shows that patients treated with partial rather than total removal of the kidney had a significantly lower risk of dying of kidney cancer.

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An experimental treatment for advanced kidney cancer using blood cells donated by a sibling completely or partially reversed the often lethal disease, doctors at the National Institute of Health are reporting.

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New Treatment for Kidney Cancer? - ABC News

As per recent reports, it has been revealed that the number of people confirmed positive for carrying the potentially terminal kidney cancer on a yearly basis has now reached arecord high, with the main reason being partially inspired by obesity.

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Kidney Cancer Cases Skyscraping at Record High | French Tribune