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Growth kinetics in von Hippel-Lindau-associated renal cell carcinoma.
Urologia internationalis - 1 Jan 2012
Jilg C A, Neumann H P, Gläsker S, Schäfer O, Ardelt P U, Schwardt M, Schultze-Seemann W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the growth kinetics of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease in a large trial by CT/MRI scan. VHL disease is a multisystemic disorder predisposing to renal cysts and cancer. There is a general assumption that VHL-associated RCC presents slower growth rates than sporadic RCC. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We describe growth kinetics of 96 renal tumours in 64 VHL patients with...
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