Fuhrman Nuclear Grade for Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma
Provides prognostic grading system for tumor cells based on physical cellular appearance.
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Susan A. Fuhrman, MD, is a practicing clinical and anatomic pathologist in Columbus, Ohio. She is Director of Pathology and Lab at OhioHealth Central Laboratories. Dr. Fuhrman is best known in the scientific medical community for developing the Fuhrman Nuclear Grade for Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma.
Nathalie Rioux-Leclercq, MD is the head of the Pathological Anatomy and Cytology Service, part of the Department of Pathology and a professor of medicine at Rennes University Hospital in France. Her research focuses on renal cell carcinoma. prostatic adenocarcinoma, proliferation and apoptosis in the tumor process, and was lead author on the validation and reclassification of the Fuhrman Grade.