Background About 15 000 persons receive the diagnosis of kidney cancer in Germany every
year. Surgical resection is the standard treatment for locally confined tumors, but minimally …

With widespread utilization of noninvasive cross-sectional abdominal imaging, small solid
renal masses are being found with increasing frequency 1. These small tumours are often …

Due to modern examination techniques such as multidetector computed tomography and
high-field magnetic resonance imaging, the detection rate of renal neoplasms is continually …

Thermal ablation of renal tumors is achieved by the delivery of extreme heat or extreme cold
directly to the lesion in order to obtain in situ destruction of the malignant cells without …

Although high-level randomized controlled trials comparing thermal ablation techniques are
lacking, evidence shows that thermal ablation for small renal masses is a safe procedure for …

Percutaneous thermal ablation is increasingly applied in the therapy of renal tumors.
Various techniques are available, allowing a safe and accurate therapy of renal tumors …

In the era of nephron-sparing surgery for small renal tumors, thermal ablation is gaining
popularity. Both cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation have well-demonstrated short …

Thermal ablation techniques for renal tumours have become the norm in surgically at-risk
patients. These percutaneous treatments are locally effective, particularly for tumours …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the current clinical value of minimally invasive thermoablative
techniques (MI thermoablative T) to ablate small renal tumors through a literature review …

Conclusions The established modalities of cryo-, radiofrequency, and microwave ablation
offer equivalent outcomes with similar complication rates; technique choice is primarily …