National treatment trends among older patients with T1-localized renal cell carcinoma11Dr. Simon P. Kim is supported by a career development award from the Conquer Cancer Foundation from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

To assess the national trends in treatment of localized renal tumors among older patients with limited life expectancy.Using the National Cancer Database, we identified older patients (≥70y) diagnosed with T1 renal cell carcinoma from 2002 to 2011. Primary outcome was the initial treatment-partial nephrectomy (PN), radical nephrectomy, EM, and ablation. Multivariable logistic regression analysis stratified by tumor size (<2, 2-3.9, or 4-7cm) and...