Open AccessAssessment of the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation as a technique for destroying small renal tumors in patients older than 70
Author(s) -
Oleh Lesnyak,
Oleksandr Stroy,
Oleg Banyra,
Oleg Nikitin,
Y. Grytsyna,
Ihor Hayda,
Mykola Chaplia,
Andrii Borzhievskyy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
central european journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2080-4873
pISSN - 2080-4806
DOI - 10.5173/ceju.0310
Subject(s) - medicine , radiofrequency ablation , renal cell carcinoma , charlson comorbidity index , life expectancy , comorbidity , population , ablation , urology , surgery , oncology , environmental health
During the past few decades, the percentage of older people in the population has been steadily growing due to the tendency of extended life expectancy. The efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and tumor enucleoresection (TE) in the treatment of selected older patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) T1aN0M0 sized ≤4.0 cm has been a popular topic in many recent studies.The aim of this study was to access the effectiveness of radiofrequency ablation in patients older than 70 with T1aN0M0 RCC.