# OnCo record idea-prev-small-renal-mass-surveillance (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-small-renal-mass-surveillance/>
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  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-prev-small-renal-mass-surveillance" ;
  schema:name "Watch small kidney tumours rather than remove them, with a national registry"@en ;
  schema:description "Most kidney tumours under 3 cm found by chance grow under 0.3 cm a year, rarely spread, and a fifth are benign. Surveillance with a biopsy for grade as the default in patients over 65, with a national registry and set triggers for surgery, could spare most of these operations."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-small-renal-mass-surveillance/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djq099> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/rcc/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/ct/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-overdiagnosis/>, <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-aging-comorbidity/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-welch-j-natl-cancer-inst/> .