A renal mass was accidentally found on a 70 y/o man, during his hospitalizaion for an episode of diverticulitis. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The malignancy risk is related to the size of the lesion
b. the treatment of choice is a radical nephrectomy
c. because of an increase in the discorvery of tumors, rates of death from kidney cancer continue to decline significantly
d. the total mortality rate at 5 years is less than 10% in patients like this one
Answer: a. The malignancy risk is related to the size of the lesion
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