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MD Anderson Manual of Medical Oncology
| Part IX. Genitourinary Carcinomas > |
Uncommon Kidney Tumors
Sections: Renal Pelvis Carcinoma, Collecting Duct Carcinoma, Medullary Carcinoma Associated with Hemoglobinopathy, Oncocytoma, Angiomyolipoma, Wilms' Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor of the Kidney, Sarcoma and Sarcomatoid Carcinoma, Metastatic Carcinoma and Lymphoma.
Topics Discussed: adenoma, oxyphilic; angiomyolipoma; kidney sarcoma; medullary carcinoma; nephroblastoma; neuroectodermal tumors, primitive; renal carcinoma, collecting duct type; renal cell carcinoma; renal pelvis tumor; secondary malignant neoplasm of kidney.
Excerpt:
"Tumors arising from the renal pelvis are of urothelial origin
and may have transitional cell, squamous cell, or mixed histology
(178). Primary tumors are often locally advanced, with invasion
of the renal parenchyma, and their metastatic potential is higher
than for RCC tumors of similar size. Adjuvant or neoadjuvant chemotherapy
should be considered for patients receiving nephroureterectomy,
using regimens appropriate to the histology...."
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