title: EAU guidelines on renal cell carcinoma: the 2010 update.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The European Association of Urology Guideline Group for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has prepared these guidelines to help clinicians assess the current evidence-based management of RCC and to incorporate the present recommendations into daily clinical practice.
  
  
  METHODS
  The recommendations provided in the current updated guidelines are based on a thorough review of available RCC guidelines and review articles combined with a systematic literature search using Medline and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A number of recent prospective randomised studies concerning RCC are now available with a high level of evidence, whereas earlier publications were based on retrospective analyses, including some larger multicentre validation studies, meta-analyses, and well-designed controlled studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These guidelines contain information for the treatment of an individual patient according to a current standardised general approach. Updated recommendations concerning diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up can improve the clinical handling of patients with RCC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. borje.ljungberg@urologi.umu.se
authors.forename: Börje
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ljungberg
authors.forename: Nigel C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Damian C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Hanbury
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hora
authors.forename: Markus A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kuczyk
authors.forename: Axel S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Merseburger
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Patard
authors.forename: Peter F A
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Mulders
authors.forename: Ioanel C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Sinescu
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*