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Review
. 2001 May;19(2):98-102.

The role of radical nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

R C Flanigan  1 , P M Yonover
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  • PMID: 11354539
Review

The role of radical nephrectomy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma

R C Flanigan et al. Semin Urol Oncol. 2001 May.

Abstract

The role of cytoreductive surgery in patients with metastatic renal cancer remains controversial. Recent data from our Southwest Oncology Group trial suggest that cytoreduction confers an approximately 50% increase in median survival for such patients when they are treated with interferon-alfa-2b immunotherapy. The timing of cytoreduction, and in which patients it may be most applicable, are discussed herein.

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