The value of cytoreductive nephrectomy on the survival of metastatic renal carcinoma patients based on the number of site-specific metastases

• Zhijian Zhao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhijian Zhao, Wenqi Wu

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Guangzhou, China

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• Wenqi Wu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Zhijian Zhao, Wenqi Wu

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Guangzhou, China

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• Xiaolu Duan,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Guangzhou, China

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• Guohua Zeng ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liuyongda.jinbi@163.com (YL); gzgyzgh@vip.tom.com (GZ)

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Guangzhou, China

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3790-6434

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• Yongda Liu

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: liuyongda.jinbi@163.com (YL); gzgyzgh@vip.tom.com (GZ)

  Affiliations Department of Urology, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangzhou Institute of Urology, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Urology, Guangzhou, China

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