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Trends and variations in utilization of nephron-sparing procedures for stage I kidney cancer in the United States

2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 31; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s00345-012-0873-6

1433-8726

Alexander Small, Che-Kai Tsao, Erin Moshier, Benjamin A. Gartrell, Juan P. Wisnivesky, James Godbold, Guru Sonpavde, Michael Palese, Simon J. Hall, William Oh, Matthew D. Galsky,

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

The incidental detection of early-stage kidney tumors is increasing in the United States. Nephron-sparing approaches (NS) to managing these tumors are equivalent to radical nephrectomy (RN) in oncologic outcomes and have a decreased impact on renal function. Our objective was to evaluate trends in the use of NS over the past decade and the socioeconomic factors associated with its use.