Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses in Young Patients

Giovanni Cacciamani; Carlos Fay; Daniel Park; Mohammed Alotaibi; Inderbir S Gill

doi:10.1016/j.euf.2017.02.011

Active Surveillance for Small Renal Masses in Young Patients

Eur Urol Focus. 2016 Dec 15;2(6):569-571. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 Mar 23.

Authors

Giovanni Cacciamani¹, Carlos Fay², Daniel Park², Mohammed Alotaibi³, Inderbir S Gill⁴

Affiliations

¹ Section of Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgery, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Urology, University of Verona, Azienda Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
² Section of Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgery, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
³ King Faisal Research & Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
⁴ Section of Robotic & Laparoscopic Surgery, Catherine & Joseph Aresty Department of Urology, USC Institute of Urology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: gillindy@gmail.com.

Abstract

We certainly agree with active surveillance for small renal masses 9SRMs). However, it must be in appropriate patients, the elderly and the infirm, in whom the comorbidity risks outweigh the oncologic risks. Evidence to support active surveillance for SRMs in the young is lacking.

Grants and funding

P30 CA014089/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States