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Editorial
. 2018 Dec;6(Suppl 2):S132.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2018.12.46.

Predicting aggressive behavior in small renal tumors prior to treatment

Daniel D Shapiro  1 , E Jason Abel  1
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Editorial

Predicting aggressive behavior in small renal tumors prior to treatment

Daniel D Shapiro et al. Ann Transl Med. 2018 Dec.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Figure 1
Etiologies of renal tumors ≤4 cm. 1, Bhindi et al. (3); 2, Thompson et al. (4); 3, Kutikov et al. (5).
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Figure 2
Cancer specific outcomes for patients treated surgically for renal masses ≤4 cm. 1, Bhindi et al. (3); 2, Ficarra et al. (9); 3, Kutikov et al. (10).
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