Why the study?
Does complete tumor excision with cardiopulmonary bypass improve long-term survival in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium?
Population
18 patients with localized renal cell carcinoma and an inferior vena caval thrombus extending into the right…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May support aggressive resection in select atrial-extension RCC cases; leaves open efficacy versus alternatives in larger cohorts.
Does complete tumor excision with cardiopulmonary bypass improve long-term survival in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium?
Long-term survival is achievable after surgical excision of localized renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium, suggesting the cephalad extent of the thrombus does not preclude a favorable prognosis.
Glazer et al. (1996) studied this question.
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