Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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International
●SITC: Consensus statement on immunotherapy for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (2019)
Canada
●Canadian Urological Association (CUA): Guideline for management of small renal masses (2022)
●KCRNC: Consensus statement on the role of renal mass biopsy in the management of kidney cancer (2019)
●CUA: Guideline for followup of patients after treatment of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (2018)
●CUA: Guideline on the management of cystic renal lesions (2017)
●CCO: Focal tumour ablation for renal cell carcinoma (2016)
●KCRNC: Canadian Kidney Cancer Forum consensus on the surgical management of renal cell carcinoma (2014)
●KCRNC: Canadian guideline on genetic screening for hereditary renal cell cancers (2013)
●CUA: Guidelines for the management of the incidentally discovered adrenal mass (2011)
United States
●National Cancer Institute (NCI): Renal cell cancer treatment (PDQ) – Health professional version (updated 2021)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on renal cell carcinoma staging (2015)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on indeterminate renal mass (2014)
●AUA: Guideline on follow-up for clinically localized renal neoplasms (2013)
Europe
●European Association of Urology (EAU): Guidelines on renal cell carcinoma (2021)
●EAU: Guidelines on upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma (2021)
•ESMO: Clinical practice guidelines on renal cell carcinoma (2019, updated 2020)
United Kingdom
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance for laparoscopic cryotherapy for renal cancer (2011)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous cryotherapy for renal cancer (2011)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for renal cancer (2010)
Japan
●[In English] Pan-Asian adapted European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of patients with renal cell carcinoma (2021)
●[In Japanese] Japanese Urological Association (JUA): Guidelines for clinical practice of renal cancer (2017)
●[In English] JUA: Evidenced-based clinical practice guideline for upper tract urothelial carcinoma (summary), 2014 edition (published 2015)
●[In Japanese] JUA: Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of renal pelvis and ureter cancer (2014)