The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 6 , Pages 2585-2589, December 2009

Can Renal Mass Biopsy Assessment of Tumor Grade be Safely Substituted for by a Predictive Model?

  • Claudio Jeldres

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Maxine Sun

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Daniel Liberman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Giovanni Lughezzani

      Affiliations

    • Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Alexandre de la Taille

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Jacques Tostain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Antoine Valeri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Luca Cindolo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Vincenzo Ficarra

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Walter Artibani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
    • ,
  • Richard Zigeuner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
    • ,
  • Arnaud Mejean

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Jean Luc Descotes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Eric Lechevallier

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Peter F. Mulders

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Paul Perrotte

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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  • Jean-Jacques Patard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Lille University Hospital, Lille, France
    • ,
  • Pierre I. Karakiewicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, University of Montreal Health Center, 1058, rue St-Denis, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2X 3J4 (telephone: 514-890-8000-35336; FAX: 514-412-7363)

Received 28 April 2009 published online 16 October 2009.

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 Study received approval from the institutional review board for the protection of human subjects.

PII: S0022-5347(09)02075-8

doi:10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.053

The Journal of Urology
Volume 182, Issue 6 , Pages 2585-2589, December 2009

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