Why the study?
Do avascular renal cell carcinomas have different clinical characteristics and outcomes compared to vascular tumors in patients with renal cell carcinoma?
Population
72 patients with renal cell carcinoma
Comparison
Avascular renal cell carcinoma vs Vascular renal cell carcinoma
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Vascularity should not yet guide RCC prognosis or management; hypothesis-generating for subtype-specific risk models pending validation.
Do avascular renal cell carcinomas have different clinical characteristics and outcomes compared to vascular tumors in patients with renal cell carcinoma?
Avascular renal cell carcinomas, which are predominantly papillary adenocarcinomas, are associated with less invasion, lower clinical stage, and better survival compared to vascular tumors.
Blath et al. (1976) studied this question.
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