Active surveillance of renal masses, which includes serial imaging with the possibility of
delayed treatment, has emerged as a viable alternative to immediate therapeutic …

Aim To update the recommendations for the management of kidney cancers. Methods A
systematic review of the literature was conducted from 2015 to 2022. The most relevant …

Purpose: To prevent avoidable treatment and make more informed care decisions about
small renal masses, the use of renal mass biopsies has increased since the early 2000s. In …

Objective To evaluate a recently proposed CT-based algorithm for diagnosis of clear-cell
renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) among small (≤ 4 cm) solid renal masses diagnosed by renal …

Objective: To determine if CT can differentiate low-grade from high-grade clear cell renal cell
carcinoma (ccRCC) in cT1a solid ccRCC. Methods and materials: This retrospective cross …

Background Biparametric (bp)‐MRI and multiparametric (mp)‐MRI may improve the
diagnostic accuracy of renal mass histology. Purpose To evaluate the available evidence on …

Background and objective Renal tumour biopsy (RTB) can help in risk stratification of renal
tumours with implications for management, but its utilisation varies. Our objective was to …

Importance The association of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) with
insurance status and cancer stage at diagnosis among patients with renal cell carcinoma …

Objective To understand perspectives on renal mass biopsy, a survey was distributed to
urologists in the Michigan Urological Surgery Improvement Collaborative and Pennsylvania …

Current guidelines do not mandate routine preoperative renal mass biopsy (RMB) for small
renal masses (SRMs), which results in a considerable rate (18%–26%) of needless …