Where this kidney cancer information comes from

On this page are the major sources of information that we use to put together this section of CancerHelp UK.

All our information is checked by cancer specialists and surgeons who specialise in treating cancer. The names of our specialist reviewers are at the end of this list. We also try to find patients to review all our sections. If you have had kidney cancer, live in the UK and would like to become a patient reviewer, you can write to us by clicking on contact us.

Websites

Urological Cancer Registry (2005 data)
British Association of Urological Surgeons (BAUS)
http://www.baus.org.uk - 2009

US National Cancer Institute
Information on the treatment of kidney cancer
http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/types/kidney/

Cancer Research UK
CancerStats Series

Books

Principles and practice of oncology (7^th edition)
De Vita, V.T., Hellman, S. and Rosenberg S.A.
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2005

Cancer and its management (6th edition)
Souhami R. and Hochhauser D.
Wiley-Blackwell 2010

UK and international guidelines

Guidelines on renal cell cancer
Ljungberg et al, European Association of Urology, 2006
Link to the European kidney cancer guidelines

Improving outcomes in urological cancers
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), September 2002
Link to the NICE guidelines on urological cancer

Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), June 2005
Link to the NICE referral guidelines

Percutaneous cryotherapy for renal tumours
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), July 2011

Everolimus for the second-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), April 2011

Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of renal cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), September 2004

Laparoscopic nephrectomy
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), August 2005

Laparoscopic partial nephrectomy
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), January 2006

Pazopanib for metastatic renal cell cancer
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), December 2010

Pazopanib for advanced renal cell cancer
The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC), February 2011, SMC No. 676/11

Articles

Targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell cancer. Patel PH, Chaganti RSK, Motzer RJ. (2006), British Journal of Cancer, 94, (5), 614-619

The place of VEGF inhibition in the current management of renal cell carcinoma. Nathan P, Chao D, Brock C, Savage P, Harries M, Gore M, Eisen T. (2006), British Journal of Cancer, 94, (9), 1217-1220