Routine adrenalectomy is unnecessary during surgery for large and/or upper pole renal tumors when the adrenal gland is radiographically normal.

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Published in J Urol on February 22, 2011

Authors

Alexander Kutikov1, Zachary J Piotrowski, Daniel J Canter, Tianyu Li, David Y T Chen, Rosalia Viterbo, Richard E Greenberg, Stephen A Boorjian, Robert G Uzzo

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urological Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA.

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