A patient with kidney cancer often undergoes surgery, but the type of surgery they get could be based on the surgeon’s preference - not medical factors - according to new research. The standard surgical treatment for patients with localized kidney cancer is an open radical nephrectomy. Less invasive options such as a partial nephrectomy or laparoscopic surgery are also available. While the latter provides many benefits to the patient, many surgeons do not opt to do these procedures.
