The information in the kidney cancer information centre is based on the Cancerbackup booklet, Understanding kidney cancer, which was produced in accordance with the following sources and guidelines:
- Improving Outcomes in Urological Cancers. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). September 2002.
- Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation of Renal cancer. NICE. September 2004.
- Cryotherapy for Renal Cancer. NICE January 2007
- Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma. European Association of Urology. 2007.
- Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). June 2005.
- Scottish Referral Guidelines for Suspected Cancer. Scottish Executive, 2007.
- Comprehensive Textbook of Genitourinary Oncology. Eds: Vogelzang N et al. Lippincott, Williams and Wilson. 2006.
- Urological Cancers. Editor Waxman J. Springer. 2005.
Guidelines are constantly being updated and those noted above may have been revised since the booklet was produced. You can access up-to-date guidelines in the health professionals section of the website.