National trends and disparities of minimally invasive surgery for localized renal cancer, 2010 to 2015.

CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of MIS for localized renal cancer has increased significantly and was mainly attributed to increased usage of robotic surgery. Racial/ethnic, insurance, and SES related disparities in MIS utilization were identified. Our findings demonstrate a targetable subgroup of patients who do not have the same access to advances in surgical technology. PMID: 30630732 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Urologic Oncology - January 7, 2019 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Xia L, Talwar R, Taylor BL, Shin MH, Berger IB, Sperling CD, Chelluri RR, Zambrano IA, Raman JD, Guzzo TJ Tags: Urol Oncol Source Type: research