Charlson score as a single pertinent criterion to select candidates for active surveillance among patients with small renal masses

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[2] Naishadham D(2000)Incidental renal cell carcinoma-age and stage characterization and clinical implications: study of 1092 patients (1982–1997) Urology 56 58-62

[3] Jemal A(2010)EAU guidelines on renal cell carcinoma: the 2010 update Eur Urol 58 398-406

[4] Luciani LG(2008)Excise, ablate or observe: the small renal mass dilemma–a meta-analysis and review J Urol 179 1227-1233

[5] Cestari R(2003)Solid renal tumors: an analysis of pathological features related to tumor size J Urol 170 2217-2220

[6] Tallarigo C(2009)Histopathological characteristics of localized renal cell carcinoma correlate with tumor size: a SEER analysis J Urol 181 29-33

[7] Ljungberg B(2010)Recommendations onco-urology 2010: kidney cancer Prog Urol 20 S319-S339

[8] Cowan NC(2009)Guideline for management of the clinical T1 renal mass J Urol 182 1271-1279

[9] Hanbury DC(1994)Validation of a combined comorbidity index J Clin Epidemiol 47 1245-1251

[10] Hora M(2006)Prospective study of safety margins in partial nephrectomy: intraoperative assessment and contribution of frozen section analysis Urology 67 923-926

[1] Siegel R(2012)Cancer statistics, 2012 CA Cancer J Clin 62 10-29

[2] Naishadham D(2000)Incidental renal cell carcinoma-age and stage characterization and clinical implications: study of 1092 patients (1982–1997) Urology 56 58-62

[3] Jemal A(2010)EAU guidelines on renal cell carcinoma: the 2010 update Eur Urol 58 398-406

[4] Luciani LG(2008)Excise, ablate or observe: the small renal mass dilemma–a meta-analysis and review J Urol 179 1227-1233

[5] Cestari R(2003)Solid renal tumors: an analysis of pathological features related to tumor size J Urol 170 2217-2220

[6] Tallarigo C(2009)Histopathological characteristics of localized renal cell carcinoma correlate with tumor size: a SEER analysis J Urol 181 29-33

[7] Ljungberg B(2010)Recommendations onco-urology 2010: kidney cancer Prog Urol 20 S319-S339

[8] Cowan NC(2009)Guideline for management of the clinical T1 renal mass J Urol 182 1271-1279

[9] Hanbury DC(1994)Validation of a combined comorbidity index J Clin Epidemiol 47 1245-1251

[10] Hora M(2006)Prospective study of safety margins in partial nephrectomy: intraoperative assessment and contribution of frozen section analysis Urology 67 923-926