title: Editorial comment.
authors.affiliation: Urology Service, W.G. (Bill) Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, North Carolina; Department of Urology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Balaji
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy