TY - JOUR
T1 - Management of kidney cancer in Asia
T2 - Resource-stratified guidelines from the Asian Oncology Summit 2012
AU - Chiong, Edmund
AU - Tay, Miah Hiang
AU - Tan, Min Han
AU - Kumar, Santosh
AU - Sim, Hong Gee
AU - Teh, Bin Tean
AU - Umbas, H. Rainy
AU - Chau, Noan Minh
PY - 2012/11
Y1 - 2012/11
N2 - Treatment of renal-cell carcinoma has progressed over the past decade, in terms of surgical and systemic therapy. Current treatment guidelines are based on clinical evidence, but do not take into account resource limitations among different countries. These limitations, which include financial and logistical challenges and lack of skilled health-care professionals, have the greatest effect in low-income countries. This consolidated statement gives treatment recommendations for renal-cell carcinoma that are based on clinical evidence and stratified according to extent of resource availability. The statement was formulated by a panel of urologists, medical oncologists, and clinical oncologists from Asian countries, at a consensus session on kidney cancer that was held as part of the 2012 Asian Oncology Summit in Singapore. Resource levels are defined according to a four-tier system (basic, limited, enhanced, and maximum), and treatment recommendations are specified based on availability of financial, skill, and logistical resources.
AB - Treatment of renal-cell carcinoma has progressed over the past decade, in terms of surgical and systemic therapy. Current treatment guidelines are based on clinical evidence, but do not take into account resource limitations among different countries. These limitations, which include financial and logistical challenges and lack of skilled health-care professionals, have the greatest effect in low-income countries. This consolidated statement gives treatment recommendations for renal-cell carcinoma that are based on clinical evidence and stratified according to extent of resource availability. The statement was formulated by a panel of urologists, medical oncologists, and clinical oncologists from Asian countries, at a consensus session on kidney cancer that was held as part of the 2012 Asian Oncology Summit in Singapore. Resource levels are defined according to a four-tier system (basic, limited, enhanced, and maximum), and treatment recommendations are specified based on availability of financial, skill, and logistical resources.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84868089265&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70433-3
DO - 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70433-3
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23117003
AN - SCOPUS:84868089265
SN - 1470-2045
VL - 13
SP - e482-e491
JO - The Lancet Oncology
JF - The Lancet Oncology
IS - 11
ER -