[Therapy planning and prognosis evaluation in malignant kidney neoplasms. A lymphographic study of 50 malignant kidney neoplasms].
Of fifty patients with malignant renal tumors who underwent lymphographic examination, 15 (30%) had lymph node metastases. Two years from the beginning of therapy, 13 of these patients were deceased in spite of surgical and radiological treatment. The enhancement of the five-year survival rate following radiation therapy for malignant renal tumors is quoted between 7 and 26%. This success is probably due to the destruction of micrometastases, not being representable lymphographically. Radiation therapy of malignant renal tumors, therefore, can only be effective including the para-aortic lymphatic chains.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008220:Lymphography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012737:Sex Factors
Therapieplanung und Prognosebeurteilung bei bösartigen Nierengeschwülsten. Eine lymphographische Untersuchung bei 50 malignen Nierentumoren.