Renal carcinoma with solitary distant metastasis.
Our experience with 14 patients with renal cell carcinoma and solitary distant metastasis is reported. The treatment of choice is tumor nephrectomy and surgical removal of the metastasis simultaneously or within a short period of time. The average survival time with this treatment is 18.5 months (maximum 4 years, minimum 2 months).
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary; D008297:Male; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011859:Radiography