Table 10

Reporting of other features of nephrectomy specimens

Question%Number
When do you consider renal perinephric or hilar fat tissue invasion present?
 Only when direct contact with adipose tissue66.0107/162
 If cancer extends sufficiently beyond renal surface34.055/162
Do you study invasion into renal sinus fat/vessels?
 Yes98.8160/162
 No1.22/162
Do you look for microscopic lymphovascular involvement?
 Yes96.9157/162
 No3.15/162
Do you look for premalignant lesions in the renal parenchyma?
 Yes58.695/162
 No41.467/162
Do you look for glomerular/tubular (nephrology) lesions in the non-tumoral kidney?
 Yes74.5120/161
 No25.541/161