What proportion of suspicious-looking renal masses are actually benign?

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Stuart G Silverman. Nat Clin Pract Urol. 2007 Jul.

. 2007 Jul;4(7):360-1.

doi: 10.1038/ncpuro0807. Epub 2007 May 8.

¹ Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. sgsilverman@partners.org

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Incidence of benign pathologic findings at partial nephrectomy for solitary renal mass presumed to be renal cell carcinoma on preoperative imaging.
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