A critical analysis of surgery for kidney cancer with vena cava invasion

Kirkali Z., Van Poppel H.

EUROPEAN UROLOGY, vol.52, no.3, pp.658-662, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 52 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.05.009
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.658-662
  • Keywords: kidney cancer, prognosis renal cell carcinoma, staging survival, vascular invasion, venous thrombus
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objective: Patients with kidney cancer with venous system involvement are at high risk of cancer recurrence even after the tumor thrombus is successfully removed. This review analyzes the impact on prognosis of the level of involvement of the inferior vena cava (IVC) in renal cell carcinoma (RCC).