title: [Clinical recommendations for treating and monitoring patients with renal cancer].
abstract: Clear cell renal carcinoma is the most common kidney cancer. It is generally asymptomatic. A small percentage of patients present with hematuria, flank pain and abdominal mass. It is usually detected accidentally during radiologic examination. The diagnosis of kidney cancer is confirmed by pathohistological findings after completion of the diagnostic process. The decision about treatment is made based on clinical assessment of disease stage and other risk factors. Depending on that, treatment options include surgery, and considering high resistance of kidney cancer on chemotherapy and hormone therapy, use of targeted therapies (immunotherapy, tyrosine kinase inhibitors) and palliative radiotherapy. The following text presents the clinical guidelines in order to standardize procedures and criteria for the diagnosis, management, treatment and monitoring of patients with kidney cancer in the Republic of Croatia.
authors.affiliation: KBC Rijeka, Rijeka.
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petković
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vrdoljak
authors.forename: Ira Pavlović
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Ruzić
authors.forename: Borislav
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Belev
authors.forename: Tomislav
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omrcen
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ledina
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomek
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ruzić
authors.forename: Marijan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Situm
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buća
authors.forename: Valdi Pesutić
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Pisac
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*