Renal Cell Carcinoma: The Ochsner Medical Institution Experience (1945–1978)

Abstract

Patients (161) operated on for renal cell carcinoma between 1945 and 1978 were reviewed. Life table and survival analyses were computed to compare the effects of stage, tumor differentiation, cell type, surgical technique, renal vein involvement and sex on the years of survival. Patients with stage I and well-differentiated tumors had the best prognosis. All patients surviving 10 yr or more had well-differentiated tumors. The type of nephrectomy did not affect survival and lymphadenectomy was only of value in staging the disease. The stage and differentiation of the tumor were more important to outcome than choice of therapy.