The impact of tumor size on the survival of patients with small renal masses: A population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Active surveillance (AS) with delayed intervention has gained acceptance as a management strategy for small renal masses (SRMs). However, during AS, there is a risk of tumor growth. Thus, we aim to investigate whether tumor growth in patients with SRMs leads to tumor progress.

Methods

In this study, we enrolled 16,070 patients from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database with T1a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) between 2004 and 2017. The 16,070 patients were divided into three groups: 10,526 in the partial nephrectomy (PN) group, 2768 in the local ablation (LA) group, and 2776 in the AS group. Associations of tumor size with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality were evaluated using Kaplan-Meier analyses and Cox regression models.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Tang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9189465 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature