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Published on: March 30, 2015
Pre-operative Serum Albumin as a Potential Predictor of Benign Lesions in Renal Masses
Sho Sekito1, Yuji Ogura1, Norihito Soga1
1Department of Urology, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Background/Aim:
We investigated pre-operative factors for predicting whether renal masses are benign in order to facilitate the selection of optimal candidates for pre-operative biopsy.
Patients And Methods:
We evaluated 278 patients with renal masses suspected to be clinically T1 or T2 renal cell carcinoma. All patients had undergone a partial or radical nephrectomy. Pre-operative parameters, including patient characteristics, tumor size, and blood tests, were utilized to predict which lesions were benign.
Results:
Twenty-five lesions (9.0%) were benign. Multivariate analysis showed that female sex [odds ratio (OR)=2.92, p=0.016], serum albumin ≥4.3 g/dl (OR=3.50, p=0.013), and tumor size <23 mm (OR=3.96, p=0.002) were significant independent factors for benign renal masses. The incidence of benign lesions in cases with all three factors (female sex, higher serum albumin, and smaller tumor size) was 4 of 16 (25.0%), which was significantly higher (p=0.037) than that in all cases (25/278; 9.0%).
Conclusion:
Relatively high pre-operative serum albumin levels may be a predictor of benign lesions when associated with female sex and smaller tumor size.
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