Description

Pichler et al identified a number of factors impacting survival in a patient with papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC). These can help to identify a patient who may benefit from more aggressive management. The authors are from the Medical University of Graz in Austria.


 

Patient selection: papillary RCC

 

Outcomes: metastasis-free survival (MFS) and overall survival (OAS)

 

Parameters:

(1) age

(2) gender

(3) pT stage

(4) tumor histologic grade

(5) tumor necrosis

(6) vascular invasion

 

Parameter

Finding

HR MFS

HR OAS

age

<= 65 years of age

NA

1

 

> 65 years

NA

2

gender

female

1

1

 

male

3

1.6

pT stage

pT1 or pT2

1

1

 

pT3 or pT4

9

1.6

histologic grade

G1 or G2

1

1

 

G3 or G4

3.7

3.3

tumor necrosis

absent

1

1

 

present

5.2

1.7

vascular nvasion

absent

1

1

 

present

2.9

2

 

cumulative product of hazard ratios =

= PRODUCT(all of applicable parameters)

 

Interpretation:

• minimum cumulative hazard ratio: 1

• maximum cumulative hazard ratio for a worse metastasis-free survival: 1506.5

• maximum cumulative hazard ratio for a worse overall survival: 57.4

 


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