Abstract:INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Cytoreductive radical nephrectomy (RN) improves survival in select patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). For smaller primary tumors, however, it is unknown whether cytoreductive partial nephrectomy (PN) compromises oncologic efficacy. Our objective was first to evaluate whether the size of the primary tumor is associated with overall survival (OS) in mRCC. Second, we sought to evaluate whether PN had equivalent OS compared with RN in patients with small primary tumo… Show more
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