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Biological characterization of renal masses using immuno-PET
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Pulmonary lesion after surgery for renal cancer: progression or new primary?
To investigate clinical and radiological differences between kidney metastases to the lung (RCCM +) and metachronous lung cancer (LC) detected during follow-up in patients surgically treated for Renal Cell Car...
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Centralization of care for rare genetic syndromes associated with cancer: improving outcomes and advancing research on VHL disease
Von Hippel–Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare genetic syndrome caused by a germline pathogenic variant in one VHL allele. Any somatic event disrupting the other allele induces VHL protein (pVHL) loss of function, ...
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Long-term functional outcomes in patients undergoing radical nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma and tumor thrombus
Up to 15% of patients with locally advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) harbors tumor thrombus (TT). In those cases, radical nephrectomy (RN) and thrombectomy represents the standard of care. We assessed the im...
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Patterns of adoption of different robotic systems at tertiary care institutions in the early dissemination phase: a junior ERUS/YAU working group in robotic surgery study
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Current practice and unmet training needs in robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: investigation from the Junior ERUS/YAU working group
To access the current scenario of robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy training in multiple centers worldwide.
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Open AccessComparison of peri- and intraoperative outcomes of open vs robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: a propensity-matched analysis
Partial nephrectomy (PN) is the gold standard surgical treatment for resectable renal cell carcinoma (RCC) tumors. However, the decision whether a robotic (RAPN) or open PN (OPN) approach is chosen is often ba...
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Neglected lymph nodal metastases in patients with renal cancer: when to extend the anatomical template of lymph node dissection during nephrectomy
The role of lymph node dissection (LND) in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is still controversial. However, detecting lymph node invasion (LNI) is key due to prognostic implications and to identify pa...
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Contemporary vs historical survival rates in metastatic clear cell renal carcinoma according to race/ethnicity
Systemic therapies (ST) improved contemporary survival rates, relative to historical in clear cell metastatic renal carcinoma (ccmRCC) patients. The magnitude of this improvement is unknown according to race/e...
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How to optimize the use of adjuvant pembrolizumab in renal cell carcinoma: which patients benefit the most?
The KEYNOTE-564 trial showed improved disease-free survival (DFS) for patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma (RCC) receiving adjuvant pembrolizumab as compared to placebo. However, if systematically admi...
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Pancreatic metastases after surgery for renal cell carcinoma: survival and pathways of progression
Metastatic ccRCC has peculiar tropism in the pancreas. We describe the characteristics and pathways of progression of patients with PM in a large multi-institutional consortium and compare them to patients wit...
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Uretero-vaginal Fistula
Uretero-vaginal fistula is an uncommon complication that has different types of treatments. In this chapter we aim to report our experience with the robotic-assisted approach to repair this type of fistulas.
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The Future of Artificial Intelligence Applied to Perioperative Immunotherapy Trials: Renal Cell Carcinoma
Predicting response to anticancer drugs is key in oncology. Artificial intelligence refers to predictive models without a priori strict rule-based programming but with the ability to improve and correct themse...
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Tips and Tricks for Kidney Mobilization in Robot-Assisted Renal Surgery
Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy are challenging procedures that are becoming a standard alternative to open and laparoscopic surgery. The robotic technology offers several advantages...
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Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity and Cancer Risk
This chapter covers metabolic syndrome, obesity and cancer risk, including epidemiology and pathophysiology of metabolic syndrome, obesity, cancer, hyperglycaemis, dyslipidaemia, hypertension, insulin resistan...
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Living Donor Robot-Assisted Kidney Transplantation: a New Standard of Care?
Robot-assisted kidney transplantation (RAKT) has the potential to combine the advantages of minimally invasive surgery with the best renal replacement treatment. Over the last decade, the results were encourag...
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Retroperitoneal versus transepritoneal robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for postero-lateral renal masses: an international multicenter analysis
To assess the outcomes of retroperitoneal robot-assisted partial nephrectomy (r-RAPN) in a large cohort of patients with postero-lateral renal masses comparing to those of transperitoneal RAPN (t-RAPN).
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Open AccessA virus-free cellular model recapitulates several features of severe COVID-19
As for all newly-emergent pathogens, SARS-CoV-2 presents with a relative paucity of clinical information and experimental models, a situation hampering both the development of new effective treatments and the ...
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Open AccessThe role of angioembolization in the management of blunt renal injuries: a systematic review
Recently, renal angioembolization (RAE) has gained an important role in the non-operative management (NOM) of moderate to high-grade blunt renal injuries (BRI), but its use remains heterogeneous. The aim of th...
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Parenchymal biopsy in the management of patients with renal cancer
The role of non-tumour renal biopsy in predicting renal function after surgery for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is poorly investigated. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of renal parenchymal histolog...
