Prognostication for Surgically Treated Papillary Renal Cell Carcinoma: Which Model is the Optimal Choice?

Tweetable abstract

Surgically treated papillary renal cell carcinoma shows distinct prognosis and needs specific prognostic models for counseling, follow-up and high-risk patient identification. Our goal is to summarize and compare currently recommended models.

Keywords::

• localized
• model
• nomogram
• non-metastatic
• papillary
• prognosis
• prognostic
• prognostication
• renal cell carcinoma
• surgically treated

Author contributions

M Maffezzoli and S Buti have given substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, interpretation of data, writing the work and revising it critically. All the authors final approval of the version to be published. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript. All authors have sufficiently participated to the study and agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

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The authors have no financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

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The authors have no competing interests or relevant affiliations with any organization or entity with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, stock ownership or options and expert testimony.

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