Many treatment guidelines for kidney cancer from around the world are listed here. Patient organisations often use these guidelines to help patients advocate for the best standard of care.
IKCC and Partner Organisations strive to ensure patient experiences and insights are reflected in treatment guidelines and play an important role on multiple guidelines committees to ensure patient values are well represented.

If your country does not have national guidelines for kidney cancer, the most commonly used guidelines are those published by the European Association of Urology (EAU).

Country/Region of OriginSponsoring
Organisation
Languages
Available
Title or Type
of Guideline
CanadaCanadian Urological Association (CUA)English

> 2015 - Canadian guideline for the management of small renal masses
> 2014 - Surgical management of renal cell carcinoma Canadian Kidney Cancer Forum Consensus
> 2017 - Management of advanced kidney cancer: Canadian Kidney Cancer Forum (CKCF) consensus update
> 2017 - CUA guideline on the management of cystic renal lesions
> 2016 - Structured assessment and followup for patients with hereditary kidney tumour syndromes
> 2018 - Canadian guideline on genetic screening for hereditary renal cell cancers
> 2018 - Canadian Urological Association guideline for followup of patients after treatment of non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma
EuropeEuropean Association of Urology (EAU)English
čeština
Português
Pусский язык
српски
> 2024 - EAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma
> 2018 - EAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma - Russian (Клинические рекомендации по почечно-клеточному раку), Russian Society of Oncourology
> 2011 - Renal Cell Carcinoma pocket - Serbian, Serbian Association of Urology
> 2010 - Urologické Listy condensed EAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma - Czech (Pro léčbu karcinomu z renálních buněk)
> 2009 - Renal Cell Carcinoma pocket - Portuguese, Portuguese Association of Urology

EuropeEuropean Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)English 2024 - Renal cell carcinoma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
GermanyDeutsche Gesellschaft für Urologie (DGU), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hämatologie und Onkologie (DGHO) im Rahmen des Leitlinienprogramms Onkologie Deutsch> 2024 - S3-Leitlinie Diagnostik, Therapie und Nachsorge des Nierenzellkarzinoms
MexicoMexico Oncogui RenalEspañol> 2016 - Diagnóstico y tratamiento del cáncer renal
NetherlandsNederlandse Vereniging voor UrologieDutch> 2018 - Behandelpad nierkanker
United KingdomUK Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)English> 2018 - Recommendations for cross-sectional imaging in cancer management, Second edition
United StatesAmerican Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)English> 2017 - Management of Small Renal Masses: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline
United StatesAmerican Urological Association (AUA)English> 2017 - Renal Mass and Localized Renal Cancer
> 2013 - Ablation of Renal Masses
United StatesNational Cancer Institute (NIH)English> 2019 - Renal Cell Cancer Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version
United StatesNational Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)English
Chinese 中文
čeština
Deutsch
Español
> 2022 - Kidney cancer guidelines for patients English
> 2020 - Updated kidney cancer guidelines for physicians English
> 2015 - NCCN 患者指南 - 肾癌
> 2017 - Rakovina ledvin
> 2015 - NCCN - Guidelines for patients - Nierenkrebs
> 2017 - NCCN - Guidelines for patients - Cáncer de riñón
(Links provided with permission from NCCN®)
United StatesVHL AllianceEnglish
> 2020 - Active surveillance guidelines 2020