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September 17, 2025

Active Surveillance for Small Renal Mass: Indications, Imaging, and When to Intervene

Key Points

Active surveillance balances the risks of intervention against the natural progression of small renal masses.
Key criteria for patient and tumor selection are essential to identify the best candidates for active surveillance.
Diagnostic evaluations and structured follow-up protocols are critical elements in managing small renal masses.
Emerging tools like artificial intelligence are being explored to enhance precision in monitoring small renal masses.

Abstract

Summary Active surveillance (AS) is a nephron-sparing strategy for small renal masses (SRMs, ≤4 cm) that balances the indolent natural history of most SRMs against the morbidity of intervention. This review consolidates SRM definition, epidemiology, and growth kinetics; outlines patient/tumor selection criteria and progression triggers; details diagnostic evaluation and structured follow-up protocols; and presents outcomes, challenges, and controversies. Finally, we discuss emerging molecular, radiomic, and artificial-intelligence tools to refine AS and conclude with a forward-looking perspective on precision surveillance.

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Singh et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d4764731b076d99fa6e39b https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.4103/ucci.ucci_12_25

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