[Treatment of renal carcinoma with metastases].

They stress the need to evaluate certain characteristic of the tumour metastasis in the light of a series of limit events pin-pointing the lack of understanding of the natural history of renal carcinoma. They stress the need to evaluate certain characteristic of the tumour which are not normally taken into consideration by the surgeon: rate of proliferation, monitoring of hormonal receptors, and immunological monitoring. They reach the conclusion that treatment of renal carcinoma with metastasis must be the outcome of multidisciplinary planning.