Table 2.

Advantages and limitations of conservative treatments of localised allograft renal cell carcinoma

	Advantages	Limitations
Nephron-sparing surgery	Complete tumour removal	Technically demanding
	Definitive histology	Invasive
	Easy imaging-based follow-up	Higher peri-operative complication rate
	Good preliminary results with T1bN0M0	Higher risk of allograft dysfunction
Focal ablation	Minimally invasive	Higher risk of primary treatment failure
	Highly selective	Lack of definitive histology
	Can treat centrally located lesions	Difficult imaging-based follow-up
	Lower peri-operative complication rate	Dubious results with T1bN0M0
	Better allograft function preservation