title: Results of radical nephrectomy with extensive lymphadenectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: Radical nephrectomy with extensive lymphadenectomy was performed by the same surgeon on 104 consecutive patients with renal cell carcinoma. No significant differences in over-all survival owing to age, sex and preoperative embolization were noted. Only extension of the disease proved to be important as a prognostic factor. In the light of the statistical analysis of this variable the prognosis for patients with renal cell carcinoma has been classified as 1) good--patients with tumors confined to the kidney, 2) intermediate--patients with perirenal fat involvement, lymph node metastases and venous extension, and 3) poor--patients with distant metastases.
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011379:Prognosis