Prognostic implications of renal vein involvement in T3a renal cancer.
CONCLUSION: In our study, patients with T3a renal cell carcinoma that have RVI as opposed to PFI have lower overall and disease-free survival. These findings suggest that patient with T3a renal cell carcinoma with RVI should be monitored more closely than their counterparts with only PFI.
PMID: 31012835 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Canadian Journal of Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Can J Urol Source Type: research
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