Small renal masses in Latin-American population: characteristics and prognostic factors for survival, recurrence and metastasis - a multi-institutional study from LARCG database.
Thiago Camelo MourãoDiego AbreuGustavo F CarvalhalGuillermo GueglioWalter H da CostaVinicius Fernando CalsavaraLuis Meza-MontoyaRubén G BengióCarlos ScorticatiRicardo Castillejos-MolinaFrancisco Rodríguez-CovarrubiasAna María Autran-GómezJosé Gadu Campos-SalcedoAlejandro NolazcoCarlos AmeriHamilton ZampolliRaúl LangenhinDiego MuguruzaMarcos Tobias MachadoPablo MingoteJorge ClavijoLucas NogueiraOmar ClarkAgustín R RovegnoFernando P SecinRicardo DeciaGustavo C GuimarãesSidney GlinaOscar Rodríguez-FabaJoan PalouStenio C ZequiPublished in: BMC urology (2020)
PN is performed in Latin-America in a similar proportion to developed areas and it has been increasing in the last years. Even in elderly individuals, if good functional status, sufficiently fit to surgery, and favorable tumor characteristics, they should be encouraged to perform PN. Intending to an earlier diagnosis of recurrence or distant metastasis, SRM cases with unfavorable characteristics should have a more rigorous follow-up routine.