Challenging the EAU Guidelines: Role of Biopsy and Management of Small Renal Tumours

European Urology, Supplements

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-453

  Martinez Piñeiro, Luis ^a   Alvarez Maestro, Mario ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INFANTA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

EAU Guidelines; Fine needle biopsy; Renal cell carcinoma; treatment; Tumour histology; Tumour subtype

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAVOGRAPHY; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFERIOR VENACAVOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; METASTASIS; NEPHRECTOMY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 77950517736     PISSN: 15699056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eursup.2010.02.004     Document Type: Review

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