Updated On: 08 June, 2024 02:03 PM IST | Kolkata | IANS
Doctors at the Apollo Cancer Centres (ACC), Kolkata, diagnosed the patient, Dulal Dutta, with a malignant tumour affecting the largest vein in the body and his right kidney

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Doctors here used an advanced robotic surgery to treat a 70-year-old man with a renal tumour. Doctors at the Apollo Cancer Centres (ACC), Kolkata, diagnosed the patient, Dulal Dutta, with a malignant tumour affecting the largest vein in the body and his right kidney.
The 3 cm tumour thrombus spread from the Inferior Vena Cava - IVC (the largest vein in the body) and spread to the right kidney measuring 6cm x 5.5cm x 5cm.