Treatment of localised renal cell carcinoma

European Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 662-672

  Van Poppel, Hein ^a   Becker, Frank ^b   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^c   Gill, Inderbir S ^d   Janetschek, Gunther ^e   Jewett, Michael A S ^f   Laguna, M Pilar ^g   Marberger, Michael ^h   Montorsi, Francesco ⁱ   Polascik, Thomas J ^j   Ukimura, Osamu ^d   Zhu, Gang ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

ⁱ VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^j DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

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Author keywords

Active surveillance; Cryotherapy; Nephron sparing surgery; Partial nephrectomy; Radical nephrectomy; Radiofrequency ablation; Renal cell carcinoma; Small renal mass

Indexed keywords

CANCER GROWTH; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER THERAPY; CONSENSUS; CRYOABLATION; EMBOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; MESH HEADING; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; OPEN RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PLEURA DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; REVIEW; SMAL RENAL MASSES; SPLEEN INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052273278     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.06.040     Document Type: Review

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