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Which pathological features of renal cell carcinoma have the greatest prognostic value?

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boxed-textDall'Oglio MF et al. (2007) Microvascular tumor invasion, tumor size and Fuhrman grade: a pathological triad for prognostic evaluation of renal cell carcinoma. J Urol 178: 425–428

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  1. J La Rochelle is a Fellow in Urologic Oncology and AS Belldegrun is Professor of Urology and Chief of Urologic Oncology, and holds the Roy and Carol Doumani Chair in Urologic Oncology, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,

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