Invasion of renal sinus fat is not an independent predictor of survival in pT3a renal cell carcinoma
- 1 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJU International
- Vol. 103 (12), 1622-1625
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-410x.2008.08239.x
Abstract
To clarify the significance of the location of extrarenal tumour extension of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as in the 2002 Tumour-Nodes-Metastasis classification. Renal cortical tumours with perirenal fat invasion (PFI) or sinus fat invasion (SFI) are consolidated within the pT3a grouping; tumours with SFI are close to the renal veins, lymphatics and the collecting system. This might carry a worse prognosis for disease-specific survival (DSS), but reports are limited and contradictory. We retrospectively reviewed 1244 patients treated with nephrectomy from 1988 to 2007, to identify patients with pT3a renal tumours. They were classified as having PFI or SFI. Kaplan-Meier analysis and Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to assess predictors of survival. The 230 patients who met the inclusion criteria had a median follow-up of 24 months. SFI was found in 63 (27.4%) patients and was associated with a worse 5-year DSS than the 167 (72.6%) with PFI (62.5% vs 75.0%; log rank P = 0.022). On univariate analysis, diameter (hazard ratio, HR 1.1), nuclear grade (HR 4.5), margin status (HR 5.8), lymph node metastases (HR 6.4), and systemic metastases (HR 15.4) were significant for DSS. In a multivariate model, only nuclear grade (HR 3.1), margin status (HR 8.9) and systemic metastases (HR 9.8) were independent predictors. Patients with renal tumours with SFI are more likely to die from RCC than those with PFI. However, in the present patients the presence of SFI was not an independent predictor of DSS.Keywords
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