Recent findings in renal cell carcinoma described by researchers from University of Montreal, Montreal Health Center

A new study, 'Race affects access to nephrectomy but not survival in renal cell carcinoma,' is now available. In this recently published article, scientists in Montreal, Canada conducted a study "To assess whether, in contemporary patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC), access to nephrectomy is the same between the Blacks and Whites, and that there is no difference in mortality after stratification for treatment type. The effect of race has received little attention in RCC; only two reports have addressed and suggested the presence of racial disparities, including access to nephrectomy and survival after nephrectomy, where Black patients were disadvantaged relative to Whites."

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