Why the study?
Does surgical treatment improve disease-specific survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus?
Population
16 patients with renal cell carcinoma and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus
Comparison
Surgical treatment vs No surgical treatment (conservative treatment)
Design
Cohort
Authors
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May support avoiding surgery in select patients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does surgical treatment improve disease-specific survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma and inferior vena cava tumor thrombus?
Conservative management may yield better survival than surgical resection in patients with renal cell carcinoma and IVC tumor thrombus who have normal pretreatment CRP levels.
Matsui et al. (2001) studied this question.
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