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Prognostic factors in renal cancer.

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Thrasher, JB; Paulson, DF
Published in: Urol Clin North Am
May 1993

In conclusion, the accumulated data indicate that the local extent of a renal carcinoma at the time of surgical intervention is the most important single variable in determining survival. Nuclear grade and cell type of the tumor appear to be of additional prognostic value, especially in patients whose tumor has spread beyond the anatomic confines of the kidney, because these variables may reflect the biologic virulence of the particular tumor in the individual host. Nuclear morphometry and cellular DNA content may play a more important role in the future by identifying that population of patients with clinically localized disease in whom radical nephrectomy will not be not curative, presumably because of concurrent undetectable micrometastases. This distinction will become increasingly important as more effective adjuvant therapies are identified.

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Published In

Urol Clin North Am

ISSN

0094-0143

Publication Date

May 1993

Volume

20

Issue

2

Start / End Page

247 / 262

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Survival Rate
  • Risk Factors
  • Prognosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Male
  • Kidney Neoplasms
  • Kidney
  • Humans
  • Female
 

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Thrasher, J. B., & Paulson, D. F. (1993). Prognostic factors in renal cancer. Urol Clin North Am, 20(2), 247–262.
Thrasher, J. B., and D. F. Paulson. “Prognostic factors in renal cancer.Urol Clin North Am 20, no. 2 (May 1993): 247–62.
Thrasher JB, Paulson DF. Prognostic factors in renal cancer. Urol Clin North Am. 1993 May;20(2):247–62.
Thrasher, J. B., and D. F. Paulson. “Prognostic factors in renal cancer.Urol Clin North Am, vol. 20, no. 2, May 1993, pp. 247–62.
Thrasher JB, Paulson DF. Prognostic factors in renal cancer. Urol Clin North Am. 1993 May;20(2):247–262.
Journal cover image

Published In

Urol Clin North Am

ISSN

0094-0143

Publication Date

May 1993

Volume

20

Issue

2

Start / End Page

247 / 262

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Urology & Nephrology
  • Survival Rate
  • Risk Factors
  • Prognosis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Male
  • Kidney Neoplasms
  • Kidney
  • Humans
  • Female