Underutilization of Renal Mass Biopsy: Surveillance Using the Medicare Database between 2004 and 2016

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2020 May;31(5):854-857. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2019.11.023. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
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Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Biopsy / trends*
  • Databases, Factual
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Kidney Neoplasms / surgery
  • Male
  • Medicare / trends*
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians' / trends*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • SEER Program
  • Time Factors
  • Tumor Burden
  • United States