Metastasectomy in patients with renal cell carcinoma: when and how?

Purpose of review The role of metastasectomy in the management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) remains controversial. The aim of this review is to summarize and evaluate the recent findings about the surgical treatment of patients with mRCC focusing on the literature published in the last 2 years. Recent findings Despite the lack of randomized controlled trials, the benefit of metastasectomy in term of cancer-specific and overall...