
Dr. Stephen B Riggs MD
Urologist
6333 Center Dr Bldg 16 Norfolk VA, 23502About
Dr. Stephen Riggs is a urologist practicing in Norfolk, VA. Dr. Riggs specializes in diseases of the urinary tract and the male reproductive system. This includes areas of the bladder, urethra, kidneys, penis and prostate. Urology is a surgical specialty and requires knowledge in other areas of expertise such as gynecology and internal medicine due to the variety of clinical problems that are involved.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Update on partial nephrectomy and novel techniques.
- Tumor size does not predict risk of metastatic disease or prognosis of small renal cell carcinomas.
- Neoadjuvant targeted therapy and advanced kidney cancer: observations and implications for a new treatment paradigm.
- Performance status and cytoreductive nephrectomy: redefining management in patients with poor performance.
- Brain metastasis from renal cell carcinoma: presentation, recurrence, and survival.
- Cancer-specific survival outcomes among patients treated during the cytokine era of kidney cancer (1989-2005): a benchmark for emerging targeted cancer therapies.
- Partial nephrectomy: a contemporary review regarding outcomes and different techniques.
- Molecular signatures of localized clear cell renal cell carcinoma to predict disease-free survival after nephrectomy.
- Cost-free and sustainable incentive increases healthy eating decisions during elementary school lunch.
- Using preoperative albumin levels as a surrogate marker for outcomes after radical cystectomy for bladder cancer.
- Postchemotherapy surgery for germ cell tumors--what have we learned in 35 years?
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- Dr. Dennis Garvin M.D.4037 TAYLOR RD CHESAPEAKE VA 23321
- Dr. Robert W. Given M.D.6333 Center Dr Norfolk VA 23502
- Dr. James D Young MD225 Clearfield Ave Virginia Beach VA 23462
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