[Prognostic significance of histopathological findings (including lymphocyte infiltration) in renal cell carcinoma].
We compared the prognosis with the histopathological findings including intravenous invasion and lymphocytic infiltration inside or adjacent to the primary tumor in 50 renal cell carcinoma patients who underwent radical nephrectomy. We compared the primary tumor to intravenous invasion or metastases in histopathological findings. One-, three- and five-year survival rates for all patients were 91.7, 71.5 and 60.7%, respectively. Significant prognostic factors were tumor size, growth pattern, invasion of fat tissue into peripheral kidneys lymph nodes, distant metastases, intravenous invasion and tumor grade, especially lymph nodes and distant metastases (P < 0.001). Degree of lymphocytic infiltration inside or adjacent to primary tumor was divided into three groups. Five-year survival rates were 86.2% of the patients (n = 15) with apparent lymphocytic infiltration and 48.8% of the patients (n = 18) had few infiltrated lymphocytes. The patients with apparent lymphocytic infiltration showed a trend of better prognosis compared to the patients with few infiltrated lymphocytes (P < 0.1). Tumor grade was higher in 3 of the 28 patients with intravenous invasion and 6 of the 9 patients with distant metastases than in those with primary tumors. However, there was no significant correlation between prognosis and malignant potential of intravenous invasion or distant metastases.
Tomita
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Division of Urology, Fraternity Memorial Hospital.
Okui
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N
Kimura
A
A
Kawamura
T
T
Teshima
S
S
Itami
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D016246:Lymphocytes, Tumor-Infiltrating / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011379:Prognosis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology*