Surgical pathology of cystic renal cell carcinomas: is there an overestimation of malignancy?

Most cystic renal epithelial tumors have excellent prognosis after resection despite the high proportion of renal cell “carcinoma” diagnosis. The 2019 Bosniak classification revision and recent downgrading of multilocular cystic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) to multilocular cystic renal neoplasm of low malignant potential (MCNLMP) may help reduce the discrepancy. Cystic clear cell (CC) RCC has been shown to behave favorably compared to non-cystic CC RCC and suggests a continuum with MCNLMP which would represent the most indolent of this spectrum.
Source: Diagnostic Histopathology - Category: Pathology Authors: Tags: Mini-symposium: Nephrourology Source Type: research