Review

Society of Urooncology nomogram for kidney cancer – the user's manual

  • Özgür Yaycıoğlu

Bull Urooncol 2013;12(3):151-154

A preoperative prognostic model predicting 5 year recurrencefree survival in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma was developed as a result of a multi-center study conducted by the Society of Urooncology. This model is useful to counsel patients before nephrectomy. It can be used as a patient selection tool for neoadjuvant as well as active surveillance studies. It is a user-friendly model that utilizes easy to obtain clinical variables. The model is yet to be externally validated.

Keywords: Kidney cancer, survival, nephrectomy, nomograms