International Consultation on Urologic Diseases and the European Association of Urology International Consultation on Locally Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Margulis V., Master V. A., Cost N. G., Leibovich B. C., Joniau S., Kuczyk M., ...More

EUROPEAN UROLOGY, vol.60, no.4, pp.673-683, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 60 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.06.042
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN UROLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.673-683
  • Keywords: Renal cell carcinoma, Consensus statements, Local advanced renal cell carcinoma, ADJUVANT MEDROXYPROGESTERONE ACETATE, HYPOTHERMIC CIRCULATORY ARREST, DISTANT METASTATIC-DISEASE, TUMOR THROMBUS EXTENSION, RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY, VENA-CAVA, SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT, NODAL METASTASES, KIDNEY CANCER, PROGNOSTIC-SIGNIFICANCE
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Context: Although an ever-increasing number of patients are being incidentally diagnosed with small renal masses, there is still a sizable portion of patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) who present with locally advanced or metastatic disease. Those with locally advanced disease present a challenge because they may be difficult to distinguish from those with organ-confined disease at the time of diagnosis. However, this distinction is important because they may require a different management strategy. These advanced RCC patients include those with venous tumour thrombi, extracapsular tumour extension, adjacent organ involvement, as well as nodal disease.