UT Health Science Center-San Antonio: Robotic kidney cancer surgery shows desirable outcomes in study
August 17, 2022
August 17, 2022
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 17 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release:
Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body's biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart. Via the IVC, cancer may infiltrate the liver and heart. The Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio . . .
Kidney cancer is not always confined to the kidney. In advanced cases, this cancer invades the body's biggest vein, the inferior vena cava (IVC), which carries blood out of the kidneys back to the heart. Via the IVC, cancer may infiltrate the liver and heart. The Mays Cancer Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio . . .