Surveillance versus ablation for incidentally diagnosed small renal tumours: the SURAB feasibility RCT

There is uncertainty around the appropriate management of small renal tumours. Treatments include partial nephrectomy, ablation and active surveillance. To explore the feasibility of a randomised trial of ablation versus active surveillance. Two-stage feasibility study: stage 1 - clinician survey an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) England), 2017-12, Vol.21 (81), p.1-68
Hauptverfasser: Soomro, Naeem, Lecouturier, Jan, Stocken, Deborah D, Shen, Jing, Hynes, Ann Marie, Ainsworth, Holly F, Breen, David, Oades, Grenville, Rix, David, Aitchison, Michael
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Zusammenfassung:There is uncertainty around the appropriate management of small renal tumours. Treatments include partial nephrectomy, ablation and active surveillance. To explore the feasibility of a randomised trial of ablation versus active surveillance. Two-stage feasibility study: stage 1 - clinician survey and co-design work; and stage 2 - randomised feasibility study with qualitative and economic components. Stage 1 - survey of radiologists and urologists, and development of patient information materials. Stage 2 - patients identified across eight UK centres with small renal tumours (
ISSN:1366-5278
2046-4924
DOI:10.3310/hta21810