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Advisable Follow-Up for Kidney Tumors

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Currently, no consensus has been reached regarding follow-up strategies after treatment of nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Apart from functional control and a psychosocial need to follow patients after the diagnosis and treatment of cancer with curative intent, evidence is lacking whether follow-up changes the natural history of RCC after local treatment. Nevertheless, most guidelines recommend follow-up, and retrospective data suggest that risk of recurrence, type of treatment, and competing risks such as comorbidity and age can be used to individualize follow-up in patients with RCC.

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  1. Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Urology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Axel Bex

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  1. Dept. of Urology & Urologic Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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  2. Dept. of Urology, University of Regensburg St. Josef Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany

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  2. Department of Urology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Axel S. Merseburger

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Bex, A. (2017). Advisable Follow-Up for Kidney Tumors. In: Merseburger, A., Burger, M. (eds) Urologic Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42603-7_66-1

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