Surgical Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Authors

Robert Di Loreto
Joseph C. Cerny

Abstract

Despite recent advances in chemotherapy, radiation therapy and immunology, renal cell carcinoma can best be treated by early detection and radical surgery. Today, radical nephrectomy is the standard surgery of choice for removing malignant renal tumors. Of the surgical procedures that have been used in the past, the transabdominal incision offers the best exposure of retroperitoneal structures at the diaphragmatic level and the contralateral renal vasculature. Occasionally, supraradical procedures are recommended if tumor size and location require this approach.

Recommended Citation

Di Loreto, Robert and Cerny, Joseph C. (1979) "Surgical Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma," Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal : Vol. 27 : No. 2 , 96-99.
Available at: https://scholarlycommons.henryford.com/hfhmedjournal/vol27/iss2/4