TY - JOUR
T1 - European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma
T2 - The 2019 Update
AU - Ljungberg, Börje
AU - Albiges, Laurance
AU - Abu-Ghanem, Yasmin
AU - Bensalah, Karim
AU - Dabestani, Saeed
AU - Montes, Sergio Fernández Pello
AU - Giles, Rachel H.
AU - Hofmann, Fabian
AU - Hora, Milan
AU - Kuczyk, Markus A.
AU - Kuusk, Teele
AU - Lam, Thomas B.
AU - Marconi, Lorenzo
AU - Merseburger, Axel S.
AU - Powles, Thomas
AU - Staehler, Michael
AU - Tahbaz, Rana
AU - Volpe, Alessandro
AU - Bex, Axel
N1 - Copyright © 2019 European Association of Urology. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/5
Y1 - 2019/5
N2 - CONTEXT: The European Association of Urology Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Guideline Panel has prepared evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for the management of RCC.OBJECTIVE: To provide an updated RCC guideline based on standardised methodology including systematic reviews, which is robust, transparent, reproducible, and reliable.EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: For the 2019 update, evidence synthesis was undertaken based on a comprehensive and structured literature assessment for new and relevant data. Where necessary, formal systematic reviews adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were undertaken. Relevant databases (Medline, Cochrane Libraries, trial registries, conference proceedings) were searched until June 2018, including randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and retrospective or controlled studies with a comparator arm, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Where relevant, risk of bias (RoB) assessment, and qualitative and quantitative syntheses of the evidence were performed. The remaining sections of the document were updated following a structured literature assessment. Clinical practice recommendations were developed and issued based on the modified GRADE framework.EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: All chapters of the RCC guidelines were updated based on a structured literature assessment, for prioritised topics based on the availability of robust data. For RCTs, RoB was low across studies. For most non-RCTs, clinical and methodological heterogeneity prevented pooling of data. The majority of included studies were retrospective with matched or unmatched cohorts, based on single- or multi-institutional data or national registries. The exception was for the treatment of metastatic RCC, for which there were several large RCTs, resulting in recommendations based on higher levels of evidence.CONCLUSIONS: The 2019 RCC guidelines have been updated by the multidisciplinary panel using the highest methodological standards. These guidelines provide the most reliable contemporary evidence base for the management of RCC in 2019.PATIENT SUMMARY: The European Association of Urology Renal Cell Carcinoma Guideline Panel has thoroughly evaluated the available research data on kidney cancer to establish international standards for the care of kidney cancer patients.
AB - CONTEXT: The European Association of Urology Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) Guideline Panel has prepared evidence-based guidelines and recommendations for the management of RCC.OBJECTIVE: To provide an updated RCC guideline based on standardised methodology including systematic reviews, which is robust, transparent, reproducible, and reliable.EVIDENCE ACQUISITION: For the 2019 update, evidence synthesis was undertaken based on a comprehensive and structured literature assessment for new and relevant data. Where necessary, formal systematic reviews adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines were undertaken. Relevant databases (Medline, Cochrane Libraries, trial registries, conference proceedings) were searched until June 2018, including randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and retrospective or controlled studies with a comparator arm, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Where relevant, risk of bias (RoB) assessment, and qualitative and quantitative syntheses of the evidence were performed. The remaining sections of the document were updated following a structured literature assessment. Clinical practice recommendations were developed and issued based on the modified GRADE framework.EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS: All chapters of the RCC guidelines were updated based on a structured literature assessment, for prioritised topics based on the availability of robust data. For RCTs, RoB was low across studies. For most non-RCTs, clinical and methodological heterogeneity prevented pooling of data. The majority of included studies were retrospective with matched or unmatched cohorts, based on single- or multi-institutional data or national registries. The exception was for the treatment of metastatic RCC, for which there were several large RCTs, resulting in recommendations based on higher levels of evidence.CONCLUSIONS: The 2019 RCC guidelines have been updated by the multidisciplinary panel using the highest methodological standards. These guidelines provide the most reliable contemporary evidence base for the management of RCC in 2019.PATIENT SUMMARY: The European Association of Urology Renal Cell Carcinoma Guideline Panel has thoroughly evaluated the available research data on kidney cancer to establish international standards for the care of kidney cancer patients.
KW - Diagnosis
KW - European Association of Urology
KW - Follow-up
KW - Guidelines
KW - Management
KW - Medical
KW - Renal cell cancer
KW - Surgery
KW - LYMPH-NODE DISSECTION
KW - SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
KW - SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT
KW - RADICAL NEPHRECTOMY
KW - RANDOMIZED PHASE-3
KW - ACTIVE SURVEILLANCE
KW - PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY
KW - BOSNIAK CLASSIFICATION
KW - OUTCOMES
KW - KIDNEY CANCER
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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/european-association-urology-guidelines-renal-cell-carcinoma-2019-update
U2 - 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.02.011
DO - 10.1016/j.eururo.2019.02.011
M3 - Article
C2 - 30803729
AN - SCOPUS:85061841950
SN - 0302-2838
VL - 75
SP - 799
EP - 810
JO - European Urology
JF - European Urology
IS - 5
ER -
