title: Optimal follow-up intervals in active surveillance of renal masses in patients with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate an optimal follow-up (FU) interval for von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) patients with renal masses (RMs) by determining tumour growth rates from growth curves.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty lesions (47.6%) were classified as solid tumours (STs) and 33 (52.4%) as complex cysts (CCs). Variations in lesion volume over time were analyzed. For 53 lesions, we calculated the growth rate during the period when the volume of the lesion changed most rapidly, and called this the fast growth rate (FGR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The STs initially grew fast, followed by a period of slower growth. The CCs varied in volume over time, associated with variable amounts of their fluid component. The FGR correlated better with the latest volume for STs (r = 0.905) than for CCs (r = 0.780). An optimal FU interval between 3 and 12 months was derived by combining the FGR calculated from the curve with the latest volume measured.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Analyzing growth curves and related kinetic parameters for RMs in VHL patients could be useful with a view to optimizing the subsequent FU interval and improving the active surveillance program.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  • Measuring volume changes over time enables tumour growth curves to be charted. • Renal solid tumours increase in volume with a typical sigmoidal curve. • Complex cysts may increase and decrease in volume spontaneously over time. • The fast growth rate of solid tumours correlates with their latest volume. • The fast growth rate can orient the scheduling of subsequent follow-ups.
authors: Radiology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, via Gattamelata, 64, 35128, Padua, Italy.
authors: Fabio
authors: F
authors: Pomerri
authors: Giuseppe
authors: G
authors: Opocher
authors: Chiara
authors: C
authors: Dal Bosco
authors: Pier Carlo
authors: PC
authors: Muzzio
authors: Gisella
authors: G
authors: Gennaro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D052177:Kidney Diseases, Cystic / Q000473:pathology*; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D047368:Tumor Burden; D057832:Watchful Waiting; D055815:Young Adult; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000473:pathology*
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