A Review of Integrated Staging Systems for Renal Cell Carcinoma

• Published in: European urology Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 303 - 314
• Main Authors: Meskawi, Malek, Sun, Maxine, Trinh, Quoc-Dien, Bianchi, Marco, Hansen, Jens, Tian, Zhe, Rink, Michael, Ismail, Salima, Shariat, Shahrokh F, Montorsi, Francesco, Perrotte, Paul, Karakiewicz, Pierre I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.08.2012; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - mortality; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - pathology; Carcinoma, Renal Cell - surgery; Female; Humans; Integrated staging system; Kidney Neoplasms - mortality; Kidney Neoplasms - pathology; Kidney Neoplasms - surgery; Kidneys; Male; Medical sciences; Models, Biological; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local - pathology; Neoplasm Staging; Nephrectomy - methods; Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases; Nomograms; Prognosis; Prognostic models; Renal cell carcinoma; Treatment Outcome; Tumors of the urinary system; Urology; Renal cell carcinoma; Prognostic models; Integrated staging system; Kidney disease; Nephrology; Urinary system disease; Carcinoma; Prognosis; Malignant tumor; Review; Urology; Kidney cancer; Classification; Grawitz tumor; Integrated system; Models; Bibliographic review; Cancer

Abstract Context Several outstanding integrated staging systems (ISSs) have been devised for patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Objective To review the available literature on existing ISSs. Evidence acquisition A nonsystematic search was conducted using Medline and PubMed databases. Original...