Survival After Diagnosis of Localized T1a Kidney Cancer: Current Population-based Practice of Surgery and Nonsurgical Management

ObjectiveTo compare overall and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients who undergo nonsurgical management (NSM), partial nephrectomy (PN), and radical nephrectomy (RN). NSM is being increasingly used for older patients with early-stage kidney cancer and competing risks of death. However, survival is poorly characterized for this approach compared with surgery with PN or RN.MethodsThe Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results–Medicare...