Despite having better baseline kidney function and overall health status, patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) had greater postsurgical decreases in kidney function after undergoing a radical nephrectomy compared with patients undergoing a radical nephroureterectomy (RNU) for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC).
These results were published recently in Urology. According to the study, surgical management of both RCC and UTUC involves radical removal of a renal unit, with the additional removal of the ureter in patients with UTUC. With this study, the researchers hoped to identify risk factors that predict a decline in renal function after radical nephrectomy for RCC or RNU for UTUC.
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