Article
Prevalence, morphology and biology of renal cell carcinoma in von Hippel-Lindau disease compared to sporadic renal cell carcinoma.
The Journal of urology - 1 Oct 1998
Neumann H P, Bender B U, Berger D P, Laubenberger J, Schultze-Seemann W, Wetterauer U, Ferstl F J, Herbst E W, Schwarzkopf G, Hes F J, Lips C J, Lamiell J M, Masek O, Riegler P, Mueller B, Glavac D, Brauch H
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Renal cell carcinoma occurs as a sporadic tumor but may be part of the autosomal dominant von Hippel-Lindau disease, characterized by retinal and central nervous system hemangioblastoma, pheochromocytoma, pancreatic cysts and renal cell carcinoma. We determine the prevalence of von Hippe...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Female
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Prevalence
- von Hippel-Lindau Disease
