Dr. Reza Mehrazin: “Close Monitoring of Renal Tumors May Provide Alternative to Surgery”
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 published in the Journal of Urology (2014; doi:10.1016/j.juro.2014.03.038). "We are beginning to better understand the behavior of tumors that grow on the kidneys," said the study's lead investigator, Reza Mehrazin, MD, assistant professor of Urology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, New York. "In some patients, particularly those who are considered elderly or 'high risk,' we are now more likely able to delay surgery, sometimes indefinitely." Learn more
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