Rationale for percutaneous biopsy and histologic characterisation of renal tumours

A Volpe, A Finelli, IS Gill, MAS Jewett, G Martignoni… - European urology, 2012 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: The use of percutaneous biopsy of renal tumours has been traditionally reserved
for selected cases because of uncertainties regarding its safety, accuracy, and clinical utility …

Renal functional outcomes after surgery, ablation, and active surveillance of localized renal tumors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

HD Patel, PM Pierorazio, MH Johnson… - Clinical Journal of the …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Results We found 58 articles reporting on relevant renal functional outcomes. Meta-analyses
showed that final eGFR fell 10.5 ml/min per 1.73 m 2 lower for radical nephrectomy …

Renal mass and localized renal cancer: AUA guideline

S Campbell, RG Uzzo, ME Allaf, EB Bass… - The Journal of …, 2017 - auajournals.org
Purpose: This AUA Guideline focuses on evaluation/counseling and management of adult
patients with clinically localized renal masses suspicious for cancer, including solid …

Kidney cancer, version 2.2017, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

RJ Motzer, E Jonasch, N Agarwal, S Bhayani… - Journal of the National …, 2017 - jnccn.org
The NCCN Guidelines for Kidney Cancer provide multidisciplinary recommendations for the
clinical management of patients with clear cell and non–clear cell renal carcinoma. These …

Active surveillance of small renal masses: progression patterns of early stage kidney cancer

MAS Jewett, K Mattar, J Basiuk, CG Morash, SE Pautler… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Most early stage kidney cancers are renal cell carcinomas (RCCs), and most
are diagnosed incidentally by imaging as small renal masses (SRMs). Indirect evidence …

Surgically induced chronic kidney disease may be associated with a lower risk of progression and mortality than medical chronic kidney disease

BR Lane, SC Campbell, S Demirjian… - The Journal of …, 2013 - auajournals.org
Purpose: Chronic kidney disease from medical causes is present in 25% to 30% of patients
before surgery for renal cancer. Although chronic kidney disease due to medical causes is …

Contemporary management of small renal masses

A Volpe, JA Cadeddu, A Cestari, IS Gill, MAS Jewett… - European urology, 2011 - Elsevier
CONTEXT: An increasing number of small renal masses (SRMs) with heterogeneous
histology and clinical behaviour are being detected with modern radiologic imaging …

Comparative effectiveness of thermal ablation, surgical resection, and active surveillance for T1a renal cell carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results …

M Xing, N Kokabi, D Zhang, JM Ludwig, HS Kim - Radiology, 2018 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To compare adverse events and survival outcomes, including cancer-specific
survival and overall survival (OS), in patients with T1aN0M0 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who …

Role of active surveillance for localized small renal masses

MC Mir, U Capitanio, R Bertolo, I Ouzaid… - European urology …, 2018 - Elsevier
Context Stage migration of organ-confined renal masses is occurring as a result of incidental
diagnosis, especially in the elderly. Active surveillance (AS) is gaining clinical traction as a …

Effect of parenchymal volume preservation on kidney function after partial nephrectomy

MN Simmons, AF Fergany, SC Campbell - The Journal of urology, 2011 - auajournals.org
Purpose: The percent of functional volume preservation is a primary determinant of
functional outcome after partial nephrectomy. We assessed what is to our knowledge a …