Under-grading of <4 cm renal masses on renal biopsy

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 794-797

  Harris, Catherine R ^a   Whitson, Jared M ^a   Meng, Maxwell V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; Fuhrman grade; nephron sparing surgery; renal cell carcinoma; renal mass biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CRYOABLATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; TUMOR ABLATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEPHRECTOMY;

EID: 84865456134     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10944.x     Document Type: Article

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