Re: Elective Nephron Sparing Surgery Decreases Other Cause Mortality Relative to Radical Nephrectomy Only in Specific Subgroups of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma

Eur Urol. 2017 Mar;71(3):495. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.10.038. Epub 2016 Nov 3.

Authors

Steven C Campbell¹, Wen Dong², Robert Uzzo³, Alexander Kutikov³

Affiliations

¹ Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: campbes3@ccf.org.
² Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
³ Division of Urologic Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

PMID: 27817967
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2016.10.038

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MeSH terms

Carcinoma, Renal Cell / surgery*
Elective Surgical Procedures
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
Nephrectomy*
Nephrons