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Published in: Current Urology Reports 2/2014

01-02-2014 | Kidney Diseases (G Ciancio, Section Editor)

Trends in Surgical Management of T1 Renal Cell Carcinoma

Authors: Jonas Schiffmann, Marco Bianchi, Maxine Sun, Andreas Becker

Published in: Current Urology Reports | Issue 2/2014

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Abstract

Historically, open radical nephrectomy (ORN) represented the standard of care for localized renal cell carcinoma (RCC). While the incidence of T1 RCC is rising, treatment options are developing fast and the standard of care according to European and American guidelines has changed to partial nephrectomy (PN), or laparoscopic radical nephrectomy in patients not suitable for PN. To assess the implementation of guideline recommendations and to profile recent surgical and technical innovations, we reviewed the current literature. We observed that ORN still represents the most commonly used treatment in T1 RCC patients. Utilization of PN increased over time but implementation is still in progress. Whereas PN is frequently used in tertiary care centers, population-based studies suggest discrepancies in the diffusion of standard of care treatments. Alternative minimally invasive approaches for PN are available but their superiority is not yet proven. Further efforts in improving the training of urologic surgeons are required to continue the implementation of guideline recommendations.
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Metadata
Title
Trends in Surgical Management of T1 Renal Cell Carcinoma
Authors
Jonas Schiffmann
Marco Bianchi
Maxine Sun
Andreas Becker
Publication date
01-02-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Current Urology Reports / Issue 2/2014
Print ISSN: 1527-2737
Electronic ISSN: 1534-6285
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11934-013-0383-0

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