Risk Assessment in 457 Adrenal Cortical Carcinomas: How Much Does Tumor Size Predict the Likelihood of Malignancy?

Cord Sturgeon, Wen Shen, Orlo H. Clark, Quan‐Yang Duh, Electron Kebebew

Journal of the American College of Surgeons · 2006 · 191 citations · 16 references

Abstract

These data suggest that size is useful for predicting malignancy, and that at a size threshold of > or = 4 cm, the likelihood of malignancy doubles (to 10%) and it is more than ninefold higher for tumors > or = 8 cm (47%).

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