Watchful waiting in the treatment of the small renal mass

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-493

  Cary, K Clint ^a   Sundaram, Chandru P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Kidney neoplasms; Natural history; Needle biopsy; Small renal tumor

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOABLATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GROWTH RATE; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; ONCOCYTOMA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 72749108644     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.57923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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