Minimally invasive management of renal cancer.

ABSTRACT

In the last two decades, the diagnosis and treatment of renal cancer were influenced by new technologies and surgical techniques. The new radiologic methods had a major impact in detecting smaller and asymptomatic tumors, while the minimally invasive options have offered a low-morbidity and high-efficacy individualized treatments to the patients, based on tumor characteristics and associated comorbidities. Herein we present a contemporary review of the minimally invasive approaches to the renal cancer, supported by the large experience with these therapeutic methods at the Cleveland Clinic.