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Prognostic Factors in Renal Carcinoma. An Evaluation of Operative Findings
Author(s) -
NURMI M. J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of urology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.773
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1464-410X
pISSN - 0007-1331
DOI - 10.1111/j.1464-410x.1984.tb05385.x
Subject(s) - nephrectomy , medicine , renal cell carcinoma , multivariate analysis , carcinoma , oncology , overall survival , urology , surgery , gastroenterology , kidney
Summary— A consecutive series of 257 patients with renal carcinoma treated by radical nephrectomy is presented. The crude 5–year and 10–year survival rates for all patients were 47 and 31% respectively and for patients without distant metastases 62 and 50%. The importance of factors relating to prognosis was investigated with multivariate survival analysis. Metastases, nodal involvement and histological grade were strongly and independently associated with survival, but the influence of venous invasion was less important. When these factors are taken into consideration, direct extension, size and cell type of the tumour or sex and age of the patient give no significant additional prognostic information.