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For this year, 2007, the National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 50,000 people will be diagnosed with kidney cancer. Many will have surgery to remove the tumors. But some people are not able to have an operation because of other medical problems. In that case doctors at Mayo Clinic offer another, less-invasive option. It's called cryoablation.
Resource: Treatment of Kidney Cancer
Doctors at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville say hand-assisted laparoscopic kidney removal is just as effective as the standard procedure in eradicating renal cancer. Hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy gives the surgeon and the patient the best of both purely laparoscopic nephrectomy and the traditional procedure with its open incision. The surgery involves making an abdominal incision large enough to accommodate the surgeons hand and two smaller incisions for laparoscopic tools. Patients who have this procedure generally have less pain in recovery, have a faster recovery and spend less time in the hospital.
Cancer. A frightening word, but it doesn't have to mean the end, especially if it's diagnosed and treated early. A new procedure for cancerous tumors of the kidney now leaves the kidney intact, and the patient with barely a stitch. No need for open surgery, and many patients can go home the same day.
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