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[Skin metastasis from renal carcinoma: epidemiologic and clinical features]
M A Cannizzaro1, M Veroux, A Cavallaro
1P.O. S. Luigi e Santi Currò, Servizio Autonomo Clinicizzato di Endocrinochiurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania.
Annali Italiani Di Chirurgia
|October 31, 2002
Abstract:
The Authors present an additional case of a 70-years old male patient with skin metastasis from renal cell carcinoma, 15 months after nephrectomy. The patient died ten months later for advanced neoplastic disease. Skin metastasis affect 3-6% of patients with renal cell carcinoma. The surgical treatment is mandatory for single nodule. Chemotherapy is often ineffectual. The prognosis is poor, with a 0-8% 5-years survival for patients with multiple nodules.