Partial Nephrectomy

Research

The Department of Urology at Mayo Clinic has long been at the forefront of research on kidney-sparing surgery. Mayo Clinic studies suggest that:

• People younger than age 65 with kidney cancers smaller than 1.5 inches (about 4 centimeters) have a significantly higher 10-year survival rate compared with those who had their entire kidney removed.
• In more-advanced stages of local cancers, outcomes and survival rates appeared similar for people whether they had a partial nephrectomy or a radical nephrectomy.

Survival rates also appear to relate to surgical training, experience and expertise.

Publications

See a list of publications by Mayo doctors on partial nephrectomy on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.