This work was supported by the grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 81170637) and Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology General Program for Medicine (No. 11JC1402302 and No. 10ZR1438700).
Background Surgical resection is the most effective treatment for renal cell carcinoma (RCC).Currently several prognostic factors and models are used for outcome prediction.However,whether intratumoral changes are i...