Renal tumour size measured radiologically before surgery is an unreliable variable for predicting histopathological features: benign tumours are not necessarily small.

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Published in BJU Int on May 01, 2007

Authors

Mesut Remzi1, Daniela Katzenbeisser, Matthias Waldert, Hans-Christoph Klingler, Martin Susani, Mazda Memarsadeghi, Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Andrea Haitel, Ralf Herwig, Michael Marberger

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. mRemzi@gmx.at

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