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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
[Renal cell carcinoma with venous invasion: therapy--prognosis]
Abstract:
Between 1966 and 1988 a total of 406 patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) was treated at our department. Among these 51 patients were found to have gross renal vein involvement, in 21 cases with extension into V. cava. In one case the tumor-thrombus has been reaching the level of the hepatic veins, in two cases the right atrium. MR and sonography, especially echocardiography, seems to be the best choice of diagnostics. Because of the advanced stage of disease only 21 patients were selected for operative treatment, in two cases under extracorporal circulation. Prognosis seems to be very poor, 11 patients (more than 50%) died within 2 years after diagnosis. But still the high risk and the great expense of tumor nephrectomy and thrombectomy in such cases, even with substitution of extracorporal circulation, seems to be justified by the actuarial 5-year survival rate of 20%.
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