By surveying the AUA membership these authors identify factors influencing the treatment of patients with SRMs. In summary, tumor size, depth and location were associated with a preference for RN over PN. Additionally, fellowship trained and academic urologists were less likely to choose RN, which indicates that the perception of feasibility of PN is influenced by training and/or experience. Furthermore, it seems the factors most impacting the perceived feasibility of PN are tumor depth and location. This was also observed in that the urologists surveyed were more likely to base their preference for AS on tumor location and depth when evaluating the same size mass.
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