title: [The relationship between pathological spreading factors and tumor size in 45 patients with renal cell carcinoma].
abstract: The relationship between pathological spreading factors (T3,4 V+, N+, M+) and tumor size was studied in 45 patients with renal cell carcinoma during the past 10 years from 1982. The incidence of having one or more factors was 0% for the 17 tumors smaller than 5 cm, but 75% for the 28 tumors over 5 cm. The mean diameter of the tumors having a T, V, N or M factor was significantly larger than that of tumors having no factor (T1,2V0N0M0). These findings suggest that they have a higher tendency of having spreading factors once the tumors have exceeded a certain size.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Kanazawa National Hospital.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katsumi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis