PROGNOSIS IN 104 PATIENTS WITH RENAL CELL CARCINOMA
1981 Volume 72 Issue 1 Pages 10-25
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1981 Volume 72 Issue 1 Pages 10-25
The clinical, pathologic and survival data were analyzed for 104 patients with renal cell carcinoma treated by nephrectomy with or without adjuvant therapy. Factors influencing prognosis were evaluated.
The patients could be regarded as “fully cured” after 5 years of follow-up, at which time the survival was the same as the survival for a normal population. The prognostic values of individual parameters were evaluated in comparing the “fully cured” patients with the others.
The staging was a most important factor which influenced prognosis. The invasion of the renal vein, hematuria alone, weight of the renal tumor mass, and invasion of the renal pelvis, were also correlated well with prognosis but were of lesser importance than the staging.
