title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery, NYU Medical Center, 530 First Ave, Ste 9-V, New York, NY 10016, USA. alfred.culliford@med.nyu.edu
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Culliford
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D002423:Cause of Death; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D056346:Sternotomy; D015996:Survival Rate; D019043:Vascular Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*