Surveillance for small renal masses: Retrospective analysis of a cohort of 42 patients with long-term follow-up

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-312

  Brunocilla, Eugenio ^a   Borghesi, Marco ^a   Monti, Carlo ^b   Schiavina, Riccardo ^a   Martorana, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MF Toniolo Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active surveillance; Follow up; Renal cell carcinoma; Small renal masses

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84880736215     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-013-0389-z     Document Type: Article

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