However, it displayed a decreasing trend and then gradually reached stability.
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Time trends in surgical provision and cancer-specific outcomes in patients with stage T2-3 kidney cancer: a SEER-based study.
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While a positive trend exists for opting for PN, both of them benefited from surgery.
The rate of stage T2 exhibited an increasing trend, whereas that of stage T3 exhibited a decreasing trend.
By contrast, patients with PN and RN experienced decreasing AAPCs of −1.9 (95% CI: −5.2 to 1.5, P = 0.236) and −0.8 (95% CI: −1.4 to −0.1, P < 0.001), respectively, indicating an overall trend of gradual improvement.