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Towards evidence-based management of paediatric RCC

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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare in childhood, and pathological diagnosis and optimal treatment approach of paediatric RCC remains a challenge. A recent study describes a large cohort of 120 children with RCC, providing important epidemiological and clinical information; however, a number of questions remain regarding the optimal medical and surgical therapy.

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  1. Haematology and Paediatric Onco-Haematology Department, Paediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, via Giacomo Venezian 1, Milano, 20133, Italy

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Spreafico, F. Towards evidence-based management of paediatric RCC. Nat Rev Urol 12, 426–428 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2015.158

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