Management of Localized Kidney Cancer: Calculating Cancer-specific Mortality and Competing Risks of Death for Surgery and Nonsurgical Management

Abstract

PN or RN is associated with a reduction of CSM among older patients diagnosed with localized RCC, compared with NSM. The same benefit failed to reach statistical significance among patients ≥ 75 yr. The harms of surgery need to be weighed against the marginal survival benefit for some patients.