Comparison of Cancer Specific Outcomes following Minimally Invasive and Open Surgical Resection of Early Stage Kidney Cancer from a National Cancer Registry

Abstract

Use of minimally invasive surgery for early stage kidney cancer was not associated with differences in overall or disease specific survival, or the rate of second kidney cancer surgery. Patients treated with minimally invasive surgery received more postoperative systemic therapy, which could represent a disparate cancer specific outcome associated with minimally invasive surgery.