Florida Health Care Insider
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Florida Health Care Insider
Cleveland Clinic kidney specialist Dr. Khaled Refaai on how robotic surgeries are advancing kidney cancer treatment
Kidney cancer is the eighth most common cancer diagnosed in the U.S., and the number of new cases appears to be increasing each year.
In this episode of Florida Health Care Insider, presented by Cleveland Clinic in partnership with the South Florida Business Journal, Dr. Khaled Refaai, a urologist and kidney transplant specialist at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital, shares the innovative ways to treat kidney cancer – such as using robot-assisted surgery for more precision.
Listen to the full episode to hear more about:
· Early indicators of kidney cancer (1:05)
· Risk factors that might make someone more susceptible to kidney cancer (4:52)
· The benefits of robot-assisted kidney surgery (6:13)
· How treatment is determined for each patient (10:02)
· Advancements in surgery for kidney cancer (12:33)