Doctors Remove Cancerous Kidney Tumour Weighing 3.7 Kg In 7-year-old

Jodhpur: In one of the most challenging paediatric cancer surgeries ever performed at the institute, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jodhpur, have given a seven-year-old child a new lease of life by performing a rare surgery to remove a cancerous kidney tumour weighing 3.7 kilograms. During this complex six-hour procedure, the inferior vena cava (IVC) — the body's largest vein — was also reconstructed. Dr Manish Pathak, head of the...