@article{ab896e5a594d46a592e497c0cca8939c,
title = "Lessons learned from the International Renal Cell Carcinoma-Venous Thrombus Consortium (IRCC-VTC)",
abstract = "Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) extension into the renal vein or the inferior vena cava occurs in 4 %-10 % of all kidney cancer cases. This entity shows a wide range of different clinical and surgical scenarios, making natural history and oncological outcomes variable and poorly characterized. Infrequency and variability make it necessary to share the experience from different institutions to properly analyze surgical outcomes in this setting. The International Renal Cell Carcinoma-Venous Tumor Thrombus Consortium was created to answer the questions generated by competing results from different retrospective studies in RCC with venous extension on current controversial topics. The aim of this article is to summarize the experience gained from the analysis of the world's largest cohort of patients in this unique setting to date.",
keywords = "Cohort, Consortium, Inferior vena cava, Multi-institutional, Radical nephrectomy, Renal cell carcinoma, Thrombectomy, Tumor thrombus",
author = "Mart{\'i}nez-Salamanca, {Juan I.} and Estefania Linares and Javier Gonz{\'a}lez and Roberto Bertini and Carballido, {Joaqu{\'i}n A.} and Thomas Chromecki and Gaetano Ciancio and Sia Daneshmand and Evans, {Christopher P.} and Paolo Gontero and Axel Haferkamp and Markus Hohenfellner and Huang, {William C.} and Koppie, {Theresa M.} and Master, {Viraj A.} and Rayan Matloob and McKiernan, {James M.} and Mlynarczyk, {Carrie M.} and Francesco Montorsi and Nguyen, {Hao G.} and Giacomo Novara and Sascha Pahernik and Juan Palou and Pruthi, {Raj S.} and Krishna Ramaswamy and Faba, {Oscar Rodriguez} and Paul Russo and Shariat, {Shahrokh F.} and Martin Spahn and Carlo Terrone and Derya Tilki and Daniel Vergho and Wallen, {Eric M.} and Evanguelos Xylinas and Richard Zigeuner and Libertino, {John A.}",
year = "2014",
month = may,
doi = "10.1007/s11934-014-0404-7",
language = "English",
volume = "15",
journal = "Current Urology Reports",
issn = "1527-2737",
publisher = "Current Science, Inc.",
number = "5",
}