Reclassification of pathologically upstaged T3a Renal Cell Carcinoma is associated with enhanced alignment of outcomes: Analysis of the National Cancer Database
database[Title] 2025-05-14
Summary:
CONCLUSION: Reclassification of cT1→pT3a and cT2→ pT2 into a new T2 RCC while maintaining cT2→pT3a and cT3a→pT3a RCC in T3a RCC resulted in improved performance of the realigned model for OS. Revised TNM criteria for pT2 and T3a RCC should be considered.