Urological cancer: Towards rational post-nephrectomy follow-up guidelines in RCC (vol 12, pg 131, 2015)

Current guidelines recommend up to 5 years of follow-up assessment for patients with localized renal cell carcinoma treated by nephrectomy; however, the recommendations are supported only by low-level evidence, and a recent study suggests considerably prolonged follow up is needed. Thus, approaches to follow-up imaging assessments and their actual benefit on disease outcome require further clarification.