Contemporary treatment of renal tumors: a questionnaire survey in the Nordic countries (the NORENCA-I study)

Nisen, Harry
Järvinen, Petrus
Fovaeus, Magnus
Guðmundsson, Eirikur
Kromann-Andersen, Bjarne
Ljungberg, Börje
Lund, Lars
Nilsen, Frode
Sundqvist, Pernilla
Beisland, Christian

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Publication date

June 2017

DOI

10.1080/21681805.2017.1326524

Publisher

Informa UK Limited

ISSN

2168-1805

Journal

Scandinavian Journal of Urology

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Abstract

To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink belowObjective: The five Nordic countries comprise 25 million people, and have similar treatment traditions and healthcare systems. To take advantage of these similarities, a collaborative group (Nordic Renal Cancer Group, NORENCA) was founded in 2015.Materials and methods: A questionnaire of 17 questions on renal tumor management and surgical education was designed and sent to 91 institutions performing renal tumor surgery in 2015. The response rate was 68% (62 hospitals), including 28 academic, 25 central and nine district hospitals. Hospital volume was defined as low (LVH: <20 operations), intermediate (IVH: 20-49 operations), high (HVH: 50-99) and very high (...