Prognostic factors of renal pelvic and ureteral cancer : a multivariate analysis

We clinicopathologically reviewed 54 cases (40 males and 14 females) of renal pelvic and ureteral cancer examined between 1983 and 1998, in order to determine the impact of prognostic factors. Follow-up ranged from 2 to 173 months (mean, 45.6 months). The age of the patients ranged from 39 to 88 yea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica. - 1962. - 47(2001), 8 vom: 08. Aug., Seite 543-6
1. Verfasser: Matsushita, Y (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ohuchi, A, Owari, Y, Kudoh, S, Nozawa, T, Ogata, M, Suzuki, Y, Fujioka, T
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:Japanese
Veröffentlicht: 2001
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Hinyokika kiyo. Acta urologica Japonica
Schlagworte:English Abstract Journal Article
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Zusammenfassung:We clinicopathologically reviewed 54 cases (40 males and 14 females) of renal pelvic and ureteral cancer examined between 1983 and 1998, in order to determine the impact of prognostic factors. Follow-up ranged from 2 to 173 months (mean, 45.6 months). The age of the patients ranged from 39 to 88 years (mean, 68.9 years). The 1, 3 and 5-year cause-specific survival rates (Kaplan-Meier's method) for all of the patients were 74.6%, 58.4% and 54.5%, respectively. According to univariate analysis, a high grade and high stage of tumor, the presence of lymphatic invasion and positive regional lymph nodes indicated a significantly poor prognosis. On the other hand, multivariate analysis using Cox proportional hazards regression revealed the presence of lymphatic invasion as the most significant predictor of survival. Therefore, patients with lymphatic invasion have a poor prognosis, and the development of effective adjuvant therapy is needed to improve the outcome in these patients
Beschreibung:Date Completed 01.11.2001
Date Revised 15.11.2006
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:0018-1994