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Questions raised by kidney cancer epidemiology update

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Urology Times staff

“The biggest question that arose from this is, ‘Why is there such a lack of large familial genetic disorder epidemiological studies?’ says Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH.

In this video, Laura Bukavina, MD, MPH, and Sarah P. Psutka, MD, MS, discuss the questions raised by the European Urology study, “Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma: 2022 Update.” Bukavina is a urologic oncology fellow at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Psutka is an associate professor of urology at University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.

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