Associations with contralateral recurrence following nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma using a cohort of 2,352 patients.
OBJECTIVE
We determined the incidence of and factors associated with the development of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in the contralateral kidney after nephrectomy for localized RCC.


METHODS
Between 1970 and 2000, 2,352 patients with sporadic, localized unilateral RCC and a normal contralateral kidney underwent nephrectomy for RCC. Cancer specific survival rates were estimated using the Kaplan-Meier method. Univariate Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine associations with outcome.


RESULTS
Of the 2,352 patients studied 28 (1.2%) had RCC in the contralateral kidney, including 20 with clear cell and 8 with papillary RCC. Mean time from primary surgery to contralateral recurrence was 5.2 years (median 4.8, range 0 to 18) for clear cell RCC compared with 5.6 years (median 1.3, range 0 to 21) for papillary cell RCC. Positive surgical margins (risk ratio 14.23, p = 0.010) and multifocality (risk ratio 5.74, p = 0.019) were significantly associated with contralateral recurrence following nephrectomy for clear cell RCC, while nuclear grade (risk ratio for grades 3/4 vs 1/2, 4.78, p = 0.040) was significantly associated with contralateral recurrence following nephrectomy for papillary RCC. In patients with clear cell RCC estimated cancer specific survival rates 1, 3, and 5 years following contralateral recurrence were 93.8%, 80.2% and 72.9%, respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
In patients with localized RCC and a normal contralateral kidney who underwent nephrectomy for RCC positive surgical margins and multifocality were significant predictors of contralateral recurrence for clear cell RCC, while nuclear grade was a significant predictor of contralateral recurrence for papillary RCC.
Bani-Hani
Ahmad H
AH
Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Leibovich
Bradley C
BC
Lohse
Christine M
CM
Cheville
John C
JC
Zincke
Horst
H
Blute
Michael L
ML
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002292:Carcinoma, Renal Cell / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009392:Nephrectomy