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[Prognostic factors in a patients with renal cell carcinoma]
T Nomoto1, S Nakagawa, K Sugimoto
1Department of Urology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to evaluate prognostic factors of renal cell carcinoma using univariate statistics.
Materials And 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.
Conclusion:
Sex and chief complaints were pointed out as significant prognostic factors for renal cell carcinoma.