Incidentally detected renal cell carcinomas are highly associated with comorbidity and mortality unrelated to renal cell carcinoma

Abstract

Most IRCCs were found during investigations for other medical conditions, and the OS rate in this group of patients was lower than expected.

Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors after renal cancer treatment

“…This may be due to the fact that only five included patients had distant metastases. During the study period, the fraction of RCC being discovered incidentally has increased to approximately 50 per cent at the authors' institution [15]. Whether a tumour was detected incidentally or not did not affect the HRQoL scores.…”

Associations Between Presenting Symptoms, Clinicopathological Parameters, and Prognosis in a Contemporary Series of Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma

“…To our knowledge, only one such study has been published in the literature. Sand et al [18] reported that 33% of incidental renal tumors were found during staging or follow-up of other malignant diseases. Another 20% of tumors were discovered on imaging conducted because of signs or symptoms unrelated to RCC.…”

“…In their study, the definitions differed considerably from the standard classification by Patard et al [8]. Sand et al [18] defined true incidental renal tumors as those discovered in patients with a known preexisting medical condition under surveillance and unrelated as those associated with symptoms that could not be classified as classic symptoms from RCC. The definition of unrelated incidental renal tumors is almost identical to the S1b group in the present study.…”

Contemporary external validation of the Leibovich model for prediction of progression after radical surgery for clear cell renal cell carcinoma

“…Still, as previously demonstrated, approximately 60% of smaller incidentally detected tumours are found during follow-up or investigation for another definite medical condition[23], increasing the average level of the CCI.…”