Keywords

active surveillance, cytoreductive nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy, radical nephrectomy, RCC, renal artery embolization, renal cell carcinoma, TNM staging, Von Hippel Lindau syndrome

Authors

1. Pullen, Richard L. Jr. EdD, MSN, RN, CMSRN, CNE-CL, CNE, ANEF

Abstract

Abstract: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for most renal malignancies. This article, the last in a three-part series, presents treatment options for RCC using the American Joint Committee on Cancer Tumor, Node, and Metastasis staging system as a framework, as well as nursing-care options for patients undergoing partial or radical nephrectomy.