Open AccessTumor doubling time of renal cell carcinoma measured by CT
Author(s) -
Rajendra B Nerli,
Shishir Devaraju,
Murigendra B Hiremath,
Ajay Kumar Guntaka,
Pravin B Patne,
Neeraj S Dixit
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of urology/indian journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-3824
pISSN - 0970-1591
DOI - 10.4103/0970-1591.126894
Subject(s) - medicine , doubling time , renal cell carcinoma , natural history , population , primary tumor , nuclear medicine , urology , pathology , cancer , metastasis , cell , genetics , environmental health , biology
Increasing numbers of patients are now being incidentally detected with small-sized renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The natural history of small renal masses is not completely understood. Currently, there are no specific tumor markers to determine initial risk or progression to metastatic disease. Growth rate and tumor size are factors shown to be predictive of tumor biology. In this study, we attempted to examine the natural history of RCC and calculated the doubling times (DTs) of untreated RCC at the primary site.