[Prognostic factors in a patients with renal cell carcinoma].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study is to evaluate prognostic factors of renal cell carcinoma using univariate statistics.


METHODS
Materials are 182 patients treated from 1976 to 1992. Kaplan-Meier method and generalized wilcoxon test were used for statistical analysis.


RESULTS
Seventy cases were found incidentally without any symptoms. The overall 5- and 10-year survival rates by Kaplan-Meier method were 73.8% and 66.2%, respectively. In the univariate analysis, sex, chief complaints, tumor sizes, T-Stages, venous invasions and grades were statistically significant prognostic factors. The prognosis of males more than 60 years of age was significantly poor. The prognosis of patients with incidentalomas was far better than that of symptomatic patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Sex and chief complaints were pointed out as significant prognostic factors for renal cell carcinoma.
Nomoto
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Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Nakagawa
S
S
Sugimoto
K
K
Mikami
K
K
Urano
S
S
Nakamara
T
T
Nakanishi
H
H
Watanabe
H
H
Maegawa
M
M
Nakao
M
M
Toyoda
K
K
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011379:Prognosis; D012737:Sex Factors; D015996:Survival Rate