Overall survival after surgical treatment can be difficult to predict in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). A new nomogram uses age, race, sex, and tumor size as predictive factors to determine the risk of death in patients with RCC. This nomogram might prove to be a valuable clinical tool once developed further.
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Ljungberg, B. A new nomogram predicting survival in renal cell carcinoma. Nat Rev Urol 7, 423–424 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2010.117
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