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ReviewJournal of kidney cancer and VHL2024

Active Surveillance in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma.

Nicholas Beecroft, Timothy D Gauntner, Rituraj Upadhyay, Shang-Jui Wang, Yuanquan Yang, Eric A Singer, Shawn Dason

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Review in Journal of kidney cancer and VHL, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Clinical Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Genetic Variations inCancers · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Nicholas BeecroftDivision of Urologic Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
Timothy D GauntnerDivision of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
Rituraj UpadhyayDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
Shang-Jui WangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
Yuanquan YangDivision of Medical Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
Eric A SingerDivision of Urologic Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.
Shawn DasonDivision of Urologic Oncology, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is a heterogenous disease with a variable clinical course. While therapies for treatment of this condition have progressed, they are not without toxicity. In some patients, active surveillance (AS) of this disease is increasingly considered to delay its toxicity. This article seeks to review the literature and discuss management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma, specifically regarding upfront AS, the role of radiation therapy in delaying systemic therapy, and surveillance after initial treatment with systemic therapy. Median time on AS prior to initiation of systemic therapy ranged from 14 to 60 months across studies. AS is appropriate to offer in favorable or intermediate risk, asymptomatic, and systemic treatment naïve patients with mRCC.

Indexed as

active surveillancecytoreductive nephrectomymetastatic renal cell carcinomaradiation therapysystemic therapy

Identifiers

PMID38863736
PMCPMC11164654

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