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Role of cytoreductive nephrectomy in metastatic medullary renal cell carcinoma: controlled analysis

Key takeaways

This study compared survival in 62 people with a rare kidney cancer who had surgery against 10,372 people with a common type. It is an observational study using a large database. It shows a link between surgery and survival, but it is not a controlled trial, so it does not prove the surgery caused the difference.

Who did this work

Quynh Chi Le (Goethe University Frankfurt) · Andrea Marmiroli (University of Milan) · Mattia Longoni (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University) · Fabian Falkenbach (Universität Hamburg) · Calogero Catanzaro (IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola) · Michele Nicolazzini (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”) · Federico Polverino (Université de Montréal) · Jordan A. Goyal (Université de Montréal) · Fred Saad (Université de Montréal) · Riccardo Schiavina (IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola) · Luca Carmignani (University of Milan) · Alberto Briganti (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University)

Source

Article · OpenAlex, Kidney disease concept sweep (verified C2778653478) · 2026-09-19
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-026-06587-8