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Most small kidney tumours found on scans grow slowly. Options range from watching them, to freezing or heating them, to removing just the tumour and keeping the kidney.
Small renal masses (<4 cm) are increasingly found incidentally; 20-30% are benign or indolent. Active surveillance (DISSRM, Canadian registry) shows low metastatic risk with growth-triggered intervention. Partial (nephron-sparing) nephrectomy, usually robotic, is preferred for T1 tumours; radical nephrectomy for larger or central tumours. Percutaneous cryoablation or microwave ablation for small tumours in comorbid patients; renal mass biopsy and SBRT (FASTRACK II) are expanding roles.
Nephron preservation reduces chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular mortality; surveillance exploits the slow natural history of most small masses.
Query for this technology: (TITLE:"Partial nephrectomy, ablation & active surveillance of small renal masses" OR ABSTRACT:"Partial nephrectomy, ablation & active surveillance of small renal masses") AND (cancer OR tumor OR tumour OR oncology OR carcinoma OR lymphoma OR leukemia OR leukaemia OR myeloma OR sarcoma OR melanoma OR glioma). Results are unfiltered search hits about Partial nephrectomy, ablation & active surveillance of small renal masses, not a curated reading list.
Shares Cryoablation systems, Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo), Renal cell carcinoma.
Shares Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo), Robotic & minimally invasive surgery, Renal cell carcinoma.
Shares Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo), Robotic & minimally invasive surgery, Renal cell carcinoma.
Shares Surgery roadmap: radical operations → less surgery → no surgery when a drug has done the work, Overdiagnosis and false alarms, Renal cell carcinoma.
Shares Cryoablation systems, Devices and physical therapies roadmap: heat and light → electric fields and focused sound → drug-releasing implants, Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo).
Shares Devices and physical therapies roadmap: heat and light → electric fields and focused sound → drug-releasing implants, Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo).
Shares Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo), SBRT / SABR (stereotactic radiotherapy).
Shares Devices and physical therapies roadmap: heat and light → electric fields and focused sound → drug-releasing implants, Thermal ablation (RFA, microwave, cryo).