Zvi Gregory Wirschubsky, MD, PhD

Patients with localized renal cell carcinoma treated with either partial nephrectomy or simple tumor enucleation have equivalent results in terms of local recurrence and cancer-specific survival after an estimated 10 years' follow-up.

Outcomes for men with prostate cancer are strongly related to risk category according to clinical stage, Gleason score, and serum PSA, and there is a continuous risk of death from the disease up to 15 years after diagnosis.