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9853456

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9141
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-12-30
pubmed:abstractText
In the USA, the incidence of kidney cancer has increased 43% since 1973. The risk of the disorder is higher in men than in women and increases with age. The von Hippel-Lindau tumour-suppressor gene is inactivated in over 75% of sporadic cases. Metastatic disease is present in 20-30% of patients at diagnosis. Early-stage kidney cancer is treated with a radical nephrectomy, but under certain circumstances a partial nephrectomy may be done. Tumour thrombus into the vena cava or right atrium requires thoracotomy and hypothermic circulatory arrest for successful removal of the tumour, but should not be done if extensive nodal or frank metastatic disease is present. Interleukin-2 is the systemic therapy of choice for metastatic disease at present, with long-term relapse-free survival of 5-8%. Several treatments including anti-angiogenesis drugs, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, and differentiating agents are being actively investigated. Fluorouracil has a 10-15% response rate, and surgical excision of isolated metastases should always be considered. Therapy for metastatic renal cancer remains inadequate, but recent developments in basic and clinical research suggest future improvement.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0140-6736
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
21
pubmed:volume
352
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1691-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Kidney cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Chicago Medical Center, Section of Hematology/Oncology, IL 60637-1470, USA. njvogelz@mcis.bsd.uchicago.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review