Professional paper

Renal carcinoma in adults : some therapeutic aspects

Ruđer Novak
Zdravko Anzulović

Abstract

The cases of 150 patients operated for cancer of renal carcinoma in the 10 year period have been presented. Seventy three patients are under control: a radical nephrectomy was performed in 57 and a simple nephrectomy in 16 cases. Alive is 51 patient (out of 73), i.e. 69.8%. Out of 24 patients having been controlled for more than 5 years, 12 of them (50%) are living. The importance of venocaval invasion, cancer in a solitary kidney as well as a bilateral disease, effects and indications for transcatheter embolisation, local recurrence, prognosis and therapy of radical nephrectomy and the practical importance of adjuvant therapy have been discused on our material.

Keywords

carcinoma; renal parenchime in adults

Hrčak ID:

199059

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/199059

Publication date:

1.12.1986.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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