Open AccessA preoperative model to predict pT3 upstaging in clinically localized renal cell carcinoma
Author(s) -
Carlos Ignacio Calvo,
Pedro Gerken González,
Matias Álvarez Baeza,
Oslando Padilla Pérez,
Javier Domínguez Cruzat
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.2020.0005
Subject(s) - nephrectomy , renal cell carcinoma , medicine , renal sinus , stage (stratigraphy) , urology , multivariate analysis , area under the curve , surgery , radiology , kidney , paleontology , biology
Patients upstaged to pT3 after partial nephrectomy (PN) may be at an increased risk of disease progression compared to those patients submitted to radical nephrectomy (RN). We sought to identify preoperative factors predicting pT3 upstaging in localized renal cell carcinoma.