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In a series of 16,294 autopsies, 350 cases of renal cell carcinoma were found. Of these tumours 235, i.e. two-thirds, were unrecognized during the patients’ lifetime. Metastatic spread was revealed in 56 patients with unrecognized renal cell carcinoma (24%) and was the main cause of death in 49 patients (21%).
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Hellsten, S., Berge, T., Wehlin, L. (1983). Unrecognized Renal Cell Carcinoma. In: Pavone-Macaluso, M., Smith, P.H. (eds) Cancer of the Prostate and Kidney. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series, vol 53. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4349-3_61
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