Predicting Oncologic Outcomes in Small Renal Tumors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most patients diagnosed with renal cancer today present with small renal masses (SRMs). Although these patients have a low risk of dying from their disease and many are followed with active surveillance protocols, a small subset of renal cell carcinomas (RCCs) behave aggressively. Knowledge regarding features of aggressive behavior would enable better adoption of active surveillance strategies among these patients.

Objective

We sought to improve prognostic models to predict metastasis-free survival after nephrectomy through focused analyses of clinicopathologic characteristics of SRMs associated with adverse outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

We identified consecutive patients with surgically resected SRMs (≤4 cm) at the University of Texas Southwe

SUBMITTER: Kapur P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9812257 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature