Oncologic and Functional Outcomes of Radical and Partial Nephrectomy in pT3a Pathologically Upstaged Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Multi-institutional Analysis

Background The efficacy of partial nephrectomy (PN) in setting of pT3a pathologic-upstaged renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is controversial. We compared oncologic and functional outcomes of radical nephrectomy (RN) and PN in patients with upstaged pT3a RCC. Patients and Methods This was a multicenter retrospective analysis of patients with cT1-2N0M0 RCC upstaged to pT3a postoperatively. The primary outcome was recurrence-free survival, with secondary...