Two cases of advanced renal cell cancer with prolonged survival of 8 and 12 years.
The prognosis of Stage IV renal cell cancer (RCC) is poor. Most of the long-term survivors are patients with resected solitary metastases. We report two cases of inoperable Stage IV RCC with survival of 8 and 12 years. While it is possible that the natural history of the disease contributed to such survival, the long duration of stable disease was remarkable.
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Department of Medicine, Division of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. turha,@superonline.com
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D017741:Survivors