Long-Term Followup After Surgical Treatment for Renal Cell Carcinoma Extending into the Right Atrium

Abstract

Long-term survival after surgical treatment is possible in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma extending into the right atrium. In patients with localized renal cell carcinoma and an inferior vena caval tumor thrombus the cephalad extent of inferior vena caval involvement does not appear to be prognostically important.