Abstract:Objectives: Surgical and non-surgical management options with pre-treatment biopsy are available for small renal masses (SRMs). The cost-effectiveness of these options is unclear. This study aimed to systematically review the costeffectiveness of various management options for SRMs, and evaluate these costeffectiveness studies. MethOds: A systematic literature review was conducted on five databases from inception to December 31, 2014. Search terms consisted of three categories of keywords, e.g., 'economic eval… Show more
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