Open AccessTreatment for T1a Renal Cancer Substratified by Size: “Less is More”
Author(s) -
Dena Moskowitz,
Jenny Chang,
Argyrios Ziogas,
Hoda AntonCulver,
Ralph V. Clayman
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
the journal of urology/the journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.402
H-Index - 256
eISSN - 1527-3792
pISSN - 0022-5347
DOI - 10.1016/j.juro.2016.04.063
Subject(s) - medicine , nephrectomy , epidemiology , cancer , surveillance, epidemiology, and end results , kidney cancer , gerontology , cancer registry , kidney
Due to the widespread use of computerized tomography, the diagnosis of small renal cancers (3 cm or less) within the T1a classification continues to increase. Current treatment of these tumors includes radical nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy and thermal ablation. We used the SEER (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results) Program to compare treatment modalities for these cancers based on 1 cm increments in tumor size. We examined overall survival, cancer specific survival, survival from cardiovascular disease and race based treatment disparities.