Q: What is a ‘partial nephrectomy’?

Answer:

   A partial nephrectomy is the removal of some tissue from a kidney, as opposed to a ‘radical nephrectomy’ which is the removal of the whole kidney. The aim with latest cancer treatments is to minimise the amount of surrounding healthy tissue that is removed with the tumour. The ideal is to leave a functioning kidney after cancer treatment by performing a partial nephrectomy.     See following articles by Kidney Cancer expert, Dr Rowland Illing