OBJECTIVE: Patients with kidney cancer with venous system involvement are at high risk of
cancer recurrence even after the tumor thrombus is successfully removed. This review …

Abstract The International Society of Urological Pathology 2012 Consensus Conference
made recommendations regarding classification, prognostic factors, staging, and …

BACKGROUND: The prognostic significance of venous tumor thrombus extension in
patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a matter of many controversies in the current …

The gold standard in the treatment of renal tumors is radical or partial nephrectomy. The
surgical specimen handling is important since the pathologic features result in clinico …

PURPOSE: The biological behavior and clinical outcome of renal cell carcinoma are difficult
to predict. We investigated the prognostic impact of clinicopathological variables to establish …

Background Robot-assisted thrombectomy (RAT) for inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombus (RAT-
IVCT) is being increasingly reported. However, the techniques and indications for robot …

Objective: To assess the prognostic value of microscopic venous invasion (MVI) in a long-
term follow-up series. Patients and Method: 255 patients had a radical nephrectomy …

The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationship between tumor angiogenesis and
microvascular invasion, and the subsequent development of metastatic disease in patients …

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of microvascular invasion (MVI) in the primary lesion for
predicting tumour behaviour in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), as reliable clinical …

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the validity of potential prognostic parameters
of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) recommended by the 2012 International Society …