Trends in Kidney Cancer Research de Kelvin R. Nunez

Trends in Kidney Cancer Research

Kelvin R. Nunez

Kidney cancer usually occurs in older adults and constitutes about 2% of all adult cancers (more frequent in men than women). It is also known as nephrocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hypernephroma, and Grawitzs tumour. This book includes within its scope the prevention, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of kidney cancer. Leading-edge scientific research from throughout the world is presented.

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PTK787/ZK222584: A Specific VEGF-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma; Tumour Growth Factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1) Plasma Levels in Patients with Localised and Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma; Prognostic and Predictive Implications of CD8highCD57+ Lymphocytes for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients; Thrombin Receptors in Renal Carcinoma Cells; Upper Urinary Tract Carcinoma after Intake of Aristolochia Fangchi: Value of Urinary Cytology in End-Stage "Chinese-Herb Nephropathy"; Nephrectomy and Resection of the Liver with the Inferior Vena Cava for Recurrences of Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma over Ten Years after the Adrenalectomy: Report of a 14-year-survived Case with Good Quality of Life; Quality of Life of Metastatic Renal Carcinoma Patients Receiving Subcutaneous Interferon or Intravenous Interleukin-2; Implementation of a Web-Based Clinical Pathway for Radical Nephrectomy to Improve Health Outcomes; Surgical Management of Renal Cell Carcinoma with Inferior Vena Cava Tumour Thrombus and Review of the Literature; A Critical Review: A New Trial to Overcome the Multi-drug Resistance of Renal Cell Carcinoma: From Theoretical Possibility to Therapeutic Benefit?; Surviving as Indicator of Diagnosis and Progression in Transitional Cell Carcinoma.