title: Renal cell carcinoma in young patients: a review of recent literature.
abstract: Renal cell carcinoma is most common in patients in the seventh decade of life. However, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients under the age of 40 represent 3-7% of all renal tumors. These young patients develop RCC from a variety of mechanisms including genetic syndromes, heritable mutations, and sporadic mutations. This population encompasses a distinct clinical entity that requires early identification and adjustments in standard practices including sometimes-aggressive surgical measures in order to improve oncologic management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, 13306, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daugherty
authors.forename: Gennady
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bratslavsky
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult