title: Renal carcinoma: clinical, diagnostic and prognostic aspects.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to review the clinical records of 103 patients with renal cell carcinoma and analyze the frequency of the most important signs and symptoms, as well as the tumor relationships with the morphologic characteristics. The differences in frequency were significant for signs and symptoms and tumor size (p<0.01) and signs and symptoms and disease stage (p<0.01) and were not significant (p<0.05) for signs and symptoms and histological pattern. The mode of clinical presentation of renal cell carcinoma, its implications in surgical strategy and the clinical prognostic factors are also considered.
authors: Oporto University, School of Medicine, Departments of Urology and Pathology, Portugal.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Reis
authors: V
authors: V
authors: Faria
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate