In patients with renal cell carcinoma, a phase 2 trial tested neoadjuvant stereotactic ablative radiation therapy to the inferior vena cava tumor thrombus before radical nephrectomy with thrombectomy.
Relieving venous congestion using thrombectomy may preserve kidney function in RCC with IVC tumor thrombus.
PATIENT PRESENTATION A woman in her late 50s with a history of hypertension and diabetes presented with severe, debilitating ...