Original Article

Comorbidity Is a Competing Factor for Disease Recurrence Postnephrectomy

Objective: There is a relation between tumor stage and grade with the risk of cancer recurrence in patients undergoing surgical treatment for kidney cancer. The association of patient comorbidity with disease recurrence is less well characterized. The objective of this study was to explore the association between comorbidity and the…

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