The growth rate of large renal masses opposes active surveillance

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 928-931

  Staehler, Michael ^a   Haseke, Nicolas ^a   Stadler, Thomas ^a   Zilinberg, Ekaterina ^a   Nordhaus, Cordula ^a   Nuhn, Philip ^a   Khoder, Wael Y ^a   Karl, Alexander ^a   Stief, Christian G ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Growth rate; Large tumours; Renal cell cancer; Renal mass; Surgery; Watchful waiting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOMA;

EID: 77749298907     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08840.x     Document Type: Article

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