Showing posts with label renal tumors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label renal tumors. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Close Monitoring of Renal Tumors May Provide Alternative to Surgery

Mount Sinai. US: In patients with small renal tumors confined to the kidneys, close, active monitoring, as opposed to immediate surgery, is associated with low rates of tumor growth or death, according to a study by a researcher at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published in the September issue of the Journal of Urology.