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Comparing Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Model Established in Mouse Kidney and on Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane
Published on: February 8, 2020
[Sarcomatoid renal carcinoma. Report of 2 cases]
Jose M Arruti Izco1, Jose Miguel Berné Manero, Jesús Trallero Catevilla
1Servicio de Urología, Hospital San Jorge, Huesca, España.
Objective:
To describe two cases of sarcomatoid renal carcinoma, one of them is alive after five years from surgery.
Methods:
Both patients had undergone radical nephrectomy, without complementary treatment.
Results:
One patient is alive after five years; the second patient presented acute renal failure and died after five days from surgery.
Conclusions:
Sarcomatoid renal carcinoma is a uncommon variety of renal cell carcinoma, with highly malignant behavior. The median survival is six months, but exceptional cases with larger survival (five years) have been reported in the literature.
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