 University of Michigan Health System News | Kidney Cancer Patients Fare Better With Tumor Removal Only U.S. News & World Report The research involved more than 7000 Medicare patients with early-stage kidney cancer who underwent surgery to remove either the entire organ (radical nephrectomy) or only the tumor and a small margin of healthy tissue around it (partial nephrectomy). Kidney cancer patients do better when whole kidney is not removed Long-term Survival Following Partial vs Radical Nephrectomy Among Older ... |
