Surgical treatment of renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombi in the inferior vena cava
β Scribed by Kazuo Gohji; Koichi Ueno; Akinobu Gotoh; Isao Hara; Hiroshi Okada; Soichi Arakawa; Sadao Kamidono
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 516 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1341-9625
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Four to ten percent of patients with renal cell carcinoma have extension of tumor thrombus into the vena cava. These cancers remain resistant to chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Aggressive surgical therapy for these patients, with no apparent evidence of metastatic disease using hypothermia, temporary
## Abstract Fortyβseven patients with renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension to the renal vein or inferior vena cava (IVC) were treated surgically over a 10βyear period. There were 41 males and 6 females with a mean age of 45.7 years. Thirtyβthree patients had rightβsided and 14 had lef