Kidney removal, medically known as a nephrectomy, is a major surgical procedure performed to treat kidney disease, cancer, or to enable a healthy individual to donate a kidney. While the operation can ...

When Diane Gentry, a 71-year-old retiree from Watauga, Texas, was diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer in 2015, she learned ...

Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital successfully suctioned a cancerous tumor from a major vein in a patient with metastatic kidney cancer, clearing the way for him to undergo a minimally-invasive kidney ...

A 37-year-old man retained his kidney after surgeons removed an adrenal pheochromocytoma involving renal hilar vessels, using ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa (WOI) - The University of Iowa’s headway in robotic kidney removal surgery is expected to increase donor eligibility, WOI reports. The Iowa Donor Network reports that almost 600 Iowans ...