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Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma. | |||
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The only curative treatment is complete [[surgery|surgical]] excision of the tumor, which can be performed even in the case of invasion into large blood vessells, such as the [[renal vein]] or [[inferior vena cava]]. A large percentage of patients are not surgical candidates. | The only curative treatment is complete [[surgery|surgical]] excision of the tumor, which can be performed even in the case of invasion into large blood vessells, such as the [[renal vein]] or [[inferior vena cava]]. A large percentage of patients are not surgical candidates. | ||
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Differentiating Adrenocortical carcinoma from other Diseases |
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Adrenocortical carcinoma surgery On the Web |
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Risk calculators and risk factors for Adrenocortical carcinoma surgery |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Surgery is the mainstay of treatment for adrenocortical carcinoma.
Surgery
The only curative treatment is complete surgical excision of the tumor, which can be performed even in the case of invasion into large blood vessells, such as the renal vein or inferior vena cava. A large percentage of patients are not surgical candidates.