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The Role of Renal Biopsy

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Abbreviations

AS:

Active surveillance

CT:

Computed tomography

FNA:

Fine-needle aspiration

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

RCC:

Renal cell carcinoma

RTB:

Renal tumour biopsy

SRM:

Small renal mass

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They authors would like to acknowledge Dr. Andrew J. Evans and Dr. John R. Kachura for their substantial contribution to this field.

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    Patrick O. Richard, Jaimin R. Bhatt, Antonio Finelli & Michael A. S. Jewett

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Richard, P.O., Bhatt, J.R., Finelli, A., Jewett, M.A.S. (2018). The Role of Renal Biopsy. In: Ahmed, K., Raison, N., Challacombe, B., Mottrie, A., Dasgupta, P. (eds) The Management of Small Renal Masses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65657-1_4

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