Competing Risks for Small Renal Masses
Jeremy Slawin, MD, MBA, addresses competing risks in managing small renal masses (SRM), balancing treatment versus active surveillance of low risk disease. He begins by illustrating the characteristics of SRMs.
Dr. Slawin recognizes the low metastatic potential of SRMs. In combination with their average slow growth rate, SRMs under 3cm often do not need intervention beyond surveillance.
Dr. Slawin concludes by comparing the 5-year survival rates of patients with SRM versus all other causes. He offers online tools, like the RCC Competing Risk Model, and framing techniques to help clinicians effectively communicate the risks of SRM treatments to individual patients.
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