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Comparative Study
. 2007 Feb 5:5:16.
doi: 10.1186/1477-7819-5-16.

Sporadic renal cell carcinoma in young and elderly patients: are there different clinicopathological features and disease specific survival rates?

Stefan Denzinger  1 , Wolfgang Otto, Maximilian Burger, Christine Hammerschmied, Kerstin Junker, Arndt Hartmann, Wolf F Wieland, Bernhard Walter
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Comparative Study

Sporadic renal cell carcinoma in young and elderly patients: are there different clinicopathological features and disease specific survival rates?

Stefan Denzinger et al. World J Surg Oncol. .

Abstract

Background: Sporadic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare in young adults. In the present retrospective study we reviewed clinicopathological features and disease specific survival rates in young patients (<= 45 years) with RCC and compared them to old patients (>= 75 years) with RCC.

Methods: Between 1992 and 2005 a total of 1042 patients were treated for RCC at our institution. We found 70 patients 45 years or younger (YP) and 150 patients 75 years or older (OP) at time of diagnosis. There were no differences in therapeutical approaches between both groups. Clinical and biologic parameters at diagnosis were compared and subjected to uni- and multivariate analysis to study cancer specific survival and progression rate. Mean postoperative follow-up in both groups was 50.1 months.

Results: Mean age was 39 years in YP and 80 years in OP, respectively. YP demonstrated significantly lower stage (pT1-pT2 N0 M0, p = 0.03), lower tumor grade (p = 0.01) and higher male-to-female ratio (p < 0.001). The rate of lymph node metastases or distant metastatic disease at presentation did not differ significantly between both groups. In multivariate analysis young age was independently associated with a higher 5-year cancer specific survival (95.2% vs. 72.3%, p = 0.009) and a lower 5-year progression rate (11.3% vs. 42.5%, p = 0.002).

Conclusion: Sporadic RCC in young patients have lower tumor stages and grades and a better outcome compared to elderly. Age <= 45 years was an independent prognostic factor for survival and progression.

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Figure 1
Kaplan-Meier analysis of cancer specific survival for YP (= blue line) vs. OP (= red line) with RCC.
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Figure 2
Kaplan-Meier analysis of cancer progression for YP (= blue line) vs. OP (= red line) with RCC.
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