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Kidney Cancer

Disclaimer: This section helps you understand common urological disease and their treatment. This information is for patient information and education only. Kindly consult your doctor for details. All the data has been sourced from the following sources: 1. EAU (European Association of Urology) Guidelines 2020. 2. NHS Guidelines 3. Campbell-Walsh Urology 11th and 12th edition. 4.https://patients.uroweb.org 5.https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/pi-urology.htm

  • Open Simple Nephrectomy

    Open Simple Nephrectomy (Simple removal of the kidney) Q 1. What does the procedure involve? A. This involves the removal of a kidney via a cut in the loin or abdomen. The term ‘simple’ refers to the fact that the operation is being performed for a reason other than cancer, for example kidney stones or […]

  • Open Radical Nephrectomy (Radical removal of the kidney)

    Q 1. What does the procedure involve? A. This involves removal of the kidney, adrenal, surrounding fat and lymph nodes for suspected cancer of the kidney, using an incision either in the abdomen or in the side. Q 2. What are the alternatives to this procedure? A. The alternatives include: Observation Embolisation (cutting off the […]

  • Open Partial Nephrectomy

    Open Partial Nephrectomy (Partial removal of the kidney tumor) Q 1. What does the procedure involve? A. This involves removal of part of the kidney with surrounding fat with or without the adrenal gland or suspected cancer of the kidney, using an incision either in the side or abdomen. Q 2. What are the alternatives […]

  • Laparoscopic Simple Nephrectomy

    Laparoscopic Simple Nephrectomy (Simple removal of the kidney) Q 1. What does the procedure involve? A. This involves removal of the kidney through several keyhole incisions. It requires the placement of a telescope and operating instruments into your abdominal cavity using four to five small incisions. One incision will need to be enlarged to remove […]

  • Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy

    Laparoscopic Radical Nephrectomy (Radical removal of the kidney) Q 1. What does the procedure involve? A. This involves removal of the kidney for suspected cancer of the kidney through several keyhole incisions. It requires the placement of a telescope and operating instruments into your abdominal cavity using four to five small incisions. The adrenal gland […]

  • Laparoscopic Partial Nephrectomy

    Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (partial removal of the kidney) Q 1. What does the procedure involve? A. This involves removal of part of the kidney with the surrounding fat for suspected cancer of the kidney, through several keyhole incisions. It involves the placement of a telescope and operating instruments into your abdominal cavity using three to […]

  • Cancer Kidney

    Q 1. What are kidneys? What is the function of the kidneys? A. The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs in the back of the abdomen which filter your blood and produce urine. They are important for various processes in the body, including regulating your blood pressure, the production of blood cells, and keeping your bones […]

  • Cancer Kidney TKI Therapy

    TKI/ Targeted therapy/ Antiangiogenic therapy Q 1. What is Anti-angiogenic therapy? A. Antiangiogenic therapy is a treatment option for metastatic kidney cancer. These are a group of drugs which slow down tumour growth or possibly even shrink the tumour. They prevent the formation of new blood vessels which feed the cancer and allow it to […]

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