Novel nephron organoids that can be fine-tuned to represent the proximal convoluted tubule or loop of Henle have been ...

Correlation of serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels and clinical outcome in hormone-independent (HI) prostate cancer (PC) patients (PTS) treated with docetaxel No significant financial relationships to ...

A similar proportion of patients had nephron-sparing interventions with immediate or delayed surgery. Perioperative complications, surgical outcomes, and survival also did not differ between patients ...

A group of essential signaling molecules known as the Wnt pathway emerged early in the evolution of multicellular life. Scientists have been studying Wnt actions for four decades to comprehend its ...

For most children with renal masses, the standard of care has long been to remove the entire affected kidney- which is the protocol for Wilms tumor, the most common kidney cancer in children. But is ...

The kidney carries out important functions via microscopic functional units called nephrons. Researchers are investigating which factors control the formation and function of specific segments of the ...

Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin, an Active Regimen in Advanced Urothelial Cancer: A Phase II Trial of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group PURPOSE: To analyze the experience with ...

Nephron-sparing surgery (NSS) for small renal masses substantially decreases the incidence of moderate renal dysfunction compared with radical nephrectomy (RN), according to the results of the ...

Patients with small kidney cancer tumors may be more likely to die from the cancer if they are treated with ablation rather than nephron-sparing surgery (NSS), according to researchers. In a ...