Cancer Characteristics and Current Treatments of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma in Sweden

Table 2

Publications based on data from the NSKCR.

Reference	Journal	Year	Topic	Main findings
Guðmundsson et al. [5]	European Urology	2011	Metastatic potential in small renal tumors	Even small tumors (1-2 cm) have a malignant potential
Thorstenson et al. [6]	Scandinavian Journal of Urology	2014	Tumor characteristics and surgical treatment	A significant decrease in tumor size and metastatic disease at presentation
Ljungberg et al. [11]	Scandinavian Journal of Urology	2014	Surgical treatment of T1c tumours	Partial nephrectomy was underutilized in 2005–2011 (23% underwent PN)
Thorstenson et al. [10]	Scandinavian Journal of Urology (in press)	2015	The impact of quality indicators on the compliance to guidelines for RCC	Quality indicators in the NSKCR increased the compliance to the national guidelines for RCC