Clinicians’ Real World Perceptions of Pre-Nephrectomy Diagnostic Biopsy Performance as a Driver of Reduction in Unnecessary Surgeries in Renal Tumors

Clinicians’ Real World Perceptions of Pre-Nephrectomy Diagnostic Biopsy Performance as a Driver of Reduction in Unnecessary Surgeries in Renal Tumors

<p>Operative removal of oncocytomas is generally unnecessary, but not infrequent in the context of renal masses. The infrequent use of pre-nephrectomy biopsies is a function of historical limitations of histopathological differential diagnosis in this setting. Assessment of clinicians’ recepti...

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Main Authors: Kristin Fahy, Lauren Augustine, Mats O Sanden, E. Robert Wassman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Codon Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Kidney Cancer and VHL
Subjects:
Kidney Cancer, Pre-nephrectomy biopsy, oncocytoma, chromophobe RCC, RCC, microRNA diagnostics
Online Access:http://jkcvhl.com/index.php/jkcvhl/article/view/20

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