Nephrectomy improves the survival of metastatic renal cell cancer patients with moderate to good performance status—results from a Finnish nation-wide population-based study from 2005 to 2010

Nephrectomy improves the survival of metastatic renal cell cancer patients with moderate to good performance status—results from a Finnish nation-wide population-based study from 2005 to 2010

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) and metastasectomies on the survival of patients with synchronous metastatic renal cell cancer (mRCC) using real-life, population-based national dataset. Methods Nationwide data, including all...

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Main Authors: Lauri Laru, Hanna Ronkainen, Pasi Ohtonen, Markku H. Vaarala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:World Journal of Surgical Oncology
Subjects:
Metastatic renal cell carcinoma
Renal tumor
Population-based
Overall survival
Cytoreductive nephrectomy
Metastasectomy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12957-021-02308-0

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