Renal Preservation Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma

Table 1

Mid- to long-term results of cryoablation (CA) and radiofrequency (RF), and one group compared the results between radiofrequency and partial nephrectomy (PN).

	Method	Approach	RCC numbers	Mean followup (months)	Local recurrence	Relapse free survival	Cancer specific survival
McDougal et al. [6]	RF	P	20	55	1	94%	100%
Levinson et al. [7]	RF	P	18	62	3	81%	100%
Tracy et al. [8]	RF	P, L, O	53	53	5	91%	99%
Davol et al. [9]	CA	L, O	34	64	5	84%	100%
Weld et al. [10]	CA	L	22	46	0	100%	100%
Aron et al. [11]	CA	L	55	95	7	87%	89%
Guazzoni et al. [12]	CA	L	44	61	0	100%	100%
Beemster et al. [13]	CA	L	51	30	3	94.4%	100%
Olweny et al. [14]	RF	P, L	37	78	3	91.7%	97.2%
	PN	L, O	37	73	3	94.6%	100%

RCC: renal cell carcinoma; RF: radiofrequency; CA: cryoablation; P: percutaneous; L: laparoscopy; O: open; PN: partial nephrectomy.