The diagnosis of renal cell carcinoma is accompanied by intravascular tumor thrombus in up
to 10% of cases, of which nearly one-third of patients also have concurrent metastatic …

Background There remain discrepancies over the factors that influence oncologic outcomes
after radical nephrectomy with thrombectomy (RNTE). To assess significant predictors of …

Background One of the main challenges in the management of renal cell carcinoma (RCC)
is risk-stratifying patients who present with metastatic disease. Tumor size is an important …

Background Microscopic vein invasion (MVI), with local destruction and invasion of the
endothelium by tumor, is of controversial predictive value in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) …

Background Renal cell carcinoma forming a venous tumor thrombus (VTT) in the inferior
vena cava (IVC) has a poor prognosis. Recent investigations have been focused on …

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to review the clinicopathological features of
surgically treated patients with RCC and IVC thrombus and to investigate potential …

Background Lymphovascular invasion (LVI) is an adverse prognostic feature in resected
stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC); however, it is unclear if the prognostic …

Objectives To study the effect of lymph node dissection (LND) at the time of nephrectomy
and tumor thrombectomy on oncological outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma …

Introduction We sought to analyze the safety, efficacy, and national trends in the use of
robotic radical nephrectomy (RN) and inferior vena cava thrombectomy in patients with renal …

Background: Significant modifications have been made to the 8th edition of the American
Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) distant metastases (M) stage classification for metastatic …