title: Prognosis after nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma.
abstract: During the period 1977-1988 177 males and 81 females (age 28-87 years) had nephrectomy performed for renal cell carcinoma. The most frequent symptoms were flank pain (54%) and hematuria (53%). Few patients (6%) had the classical triad of symptoms. Overall survival at 2 and 5 years were 0.55 and 0.41. Renal cell carcinoma specific survival were 0.59 and 0.49. Univariate analyses showed that increasing T stage, positive N or M stage, increasing stage according to Robson, hypersedimentation, anaemia and perioperative blood transfusion had a significant detrimental influence on survival. Multivariate analysis showed that simple Robson stage gave a simpler and equally good description as did the TNM stage. In the Cox multiple regression analysis Robson stage and ESR were the only statistically significant variables.
authors: Department of Urology H, Copenhagen County Hospital, Gentofte, Denmark.
authors: E B
authors: EB
authors: Jakobsen
authors: J H
authors: JH
authors: Eickhoff
authors: J P
authors: JP
authors: Andersen
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ottesen
mesh_terms: D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009392:Nephrectomy; D011379:Prognosis; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors