Active treatment of localized renal tumors may not impact overall survival in patients aged 75 years or older

BACKGROUND: Although nephrectomy cures most localized renal cancers, this oncologic benefit may be outweighed by the renal functional costs of such an approach. In this study, the authors examined overall survival in 537 patients who had localized renal tumors ≤7 cm detected at age ≥75 years to inve...

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