Renal cell carcinoma staging: pitfalls, challenges, and updates

SR Williamson, K Taneja, L Cheng - Histopathology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is unusual among cancers in that it often grows as a spherical,
well‐circumscribed mass. Increasing tumour size influences the pathological pT stage …

Active surveillance of small renal masses

C Sebastià, D Corominas, M Musquera, B Paño… - Insights into …, 2020 - Springer
Most renal masses incidentally detected by cross-sectional images are benign, being mainly
cysts, and if they are malignant, they are indolent in nature with limited metastatic potential …

Tumor size is associated with malignant potential in renal cell carcinoma cases

RH Thompson, JM Kurta, M Kaag, SK Tickoo… - The Journal of …, 2009 - auajournals.org
Purpose: We evaluated our experience with renal cortical tumors to determine whether
tumor size is associated with malignant histology and/or nuclear grade. Materials and …

[HTML][HTML] Correcting the shrinkage effects of formalin fixation and tissue processing for renal tumors: toward standardization of pathological reporting of tumor size

T Tran, CP Sundaram, CD Bahler, JN Eble… - Journal of …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the importance of correctly staging renal cell carcinomas, specific guidelines should
be in place for tumor size measurement. While a standard means of renal tumor …

Complete response of renal cell carcinoma vena cava tumor thrombus to neoadjuvant immunotherapy

C Labbate, K Hatogai, R Werntz, WM Stadler… - … for immunotherapy of …, 2019 - Springer
Background Clinically localized renal cell carcinoma is treated primarily with surgery
followed by observation or adjuvant sunitinib in selected high-risk patients. The checkpoint …

Complications after radical and partial nephrectomy as a function of age

WT Lowrance, DS Yee, C Savage, AM Cronin… - The Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: Partial nephrectomy may be underused compared with radical nephrectomy in
elderly patients due to concerns about higher complication rates. We determined if the …

Metastatic potential of a renal mass according to original tumour size at presentation

EC Umbreit, MS Shimko, MA Childs… - BJU …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Study Type–Prognosis (case series) Level of Evidence 4 OBJECTIVE• To determine the
metastatic potential of renal masses based on original tumour size. MATERIALS AND …

Ipsilateral renal function preservation after robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN): an objective analysis using mercapto‐acetyltriglycine (MAG3) renal scan data …

H Zargar, O Akca, R Autorino, LF Brandao… - BJU …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To objectively assess ipsilateral renal function (IRF) preservation and factors
influencing it after robot‐assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN). Patients and Methods Our …

[HTML][HTML] Advances of multidetector computed tomography in the characterization and staging of renal cell carcinoma

AC Tsili, MI Argyropoulou - World journal of radiology, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 90%-95% of kidney tumors. With
the widespread use of cross-sectional imaging modalities, more than half of RCCs are …

A comparison of radiologic tumor volume and pathologic tumor volume in renal cell carcinoma (RCC)

SM Choi, DK Choi, TH Kim, BC Jeong, SI Seo… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective To investigate the difference between preoperative radiologic tumor volume (RTV)
and postoperative pathologic tumor volume (PTV) in patients who received nephrectomy for …