PURPOSE: Currently, all solid enhancing renal masses without microscopic fat are considered malignant until proven otherwise and there is substantial overlap in the imaging findings of benign and malignant renal masses, particularly between clear cel...
BACKGROUND: To explore whether radiomics combined with computed tomography (CT) images can be used to establish a model for differentiating high grade (International Society of Urological Pathology [ISUP] grade III-IV) from low-grade (ISUP I-II) clea...
OBJECTIVE: Robot assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) is a minimally invasive option for patients with small renal masses undergoing partial nephrectomy. In this review we provide an update on the oncological safety and renal functional outcomes follo...
PURPOSE: Nuclear pleomorphic patterns are essential for Fuhrman grading of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Manual observation of renal histopathologic slides may lead to subjective and inconsistent assessment between pathologists. An automat...
We investigate the viability of statistical relational machine learning algorithms for the task of identifying malignancy of renal masses using radiomics-based imaging features. Features characterizing the texture, signal intensity, and other relevan...
MOTIVATION: As a highly heterogeneous disease, the progression of tumor is not only achieved by unlimited growth of the tumor cells, but also supported, stimulated, and nurtured by the microenvironment around it. However, traditional qualitative and/...
BACKGROUND: Several new treatment strategies have emerged in the treatment of small renal masses (<4 cm in diameter). Active surveillance and ablative techniques have been introduced but it remains unclear which patients will benefit the most from th...
RATIONALE: Unilateral adrenalectomy as part of surgical resection of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is not thought to increase the risk of chronic adrenal insufficiency, as the contralateral adrenal gland is assumed to be capable of compensating for the ...