Incidentally detected renal tumors.
Asymptomatic renal masses are increasingly being found during radiography ordered for other reasons. Unfortunately, radiography cannot always provide precise identification of the masses, some of which are renal cell carcinomas. Whether to choose surveillance, surgery, or other therapy depends on the tumor and on the patient.
Lerner
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Section of Urology, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA.
Heaney
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D018249:Adenoma, Oxyphilic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy / Q000379:methods