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- Title
Evolving practice patterns for the management of small renal masses in the USA.
- Authors
Yang, Glen; Villalta, Jacqueline D; Meng, Maxwell V; Whitson, Jared M
- Abstract
What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Treatment options for small renal masses include radical nephrectomy (RN), partial nephrectomy (PN), ablation, and surveillance. PN provides equivalent oncological as RN for small tumours, but long-term outcomes for ablation and surveillance are poorly defined. Due to changing techniques and technology, treatment patterns for small renal masses are rapidly developing. Prior studies had analysed utilisation trends for PN and RN to 2006, revealing a relative rise in the rate of PN. However, overall treatment trends including surveillance and ablation had not been studied using a population-based cohort. It has become increasingly clear that RN is associated with greater renal and cardiovascular deterioration than nephron-sparing treatments. Thus, it is important to understand current population-based practice patterns for the treatment of small renal masses to assess whether practitioners are adhering to ever-changing principles in this field. The present study provides up-to-date treatment trends in the USA using a large population-based cohort.
- Publication
BJU international, 2012, Vol 110, Issue 8, p1156
- ISSN
1464-410X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.10969.x