Intensive Imaging-based Follow-up of Surgically Treated Localised Renal Cell Carcinoma Does Not Improve Post-recurrence Survival: Results from a European Multicentre Database (RECUR)
Dabestani, Saeed; Beisland, Christian; Stewart, Grant D; Bensalah, Karim; Gudmundsson, Eirikur; Lam, Thomas B; Gietzmann, William; Zakikhani, Paimaun; Marconi, Lorenzo; Fernandéz-Pello, Sergio; Monagas, Serenella; Williams, Samuel Paul; Torbrand, Christian; Powles, Thomas; Van Werkhoven, Erik; Meijer, Richard; Volpe, Alessandro; Staehler, Michael; Ljungberg, Börje; Bex, Axel
(2019) European Urology, volume 75, issue 2, pp. 261 - 264
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Abstract
After curative treatment for localised kidney cancer, a more intensive follow-up regimen than that recommended in the 2017 European Association of Urology guidelines did not improve overall survival among those experiencing recurrence, irrespective of the risk of recurrence. This suggests that an increase in follow-up imaging frequency is not cost-efficient.
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Prospective studies to identify more optimal follow-up strategies are needed.
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Keywords: Kidney cancer, Radical surgery, Follow-up, Imaging, Overall survival, Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/diagnostic imaging, Predictive Value of Tests, Ultrasonography/standards, Carcinoma, Renal Cell/diagnostic imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging/standards, Europe, Humans, Nephrectomy/adverse effects, Treatment Outcome, Kidney Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging, Time Factors, Tomography, X-Ray Computed/standards, Databases, Factual, Urology, Letter, Multicenter Study
ISSN: 0302-2838
Publisher: Elsevier
Note: Copyright © 2018 European Association of Urology. All rights reserved.
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