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Histologic tumor necrosis is an independent prognostic indicator for clear cell and papillary renal cell carcinoma.
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PMID:  22261455     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Histologic tumor necrosis (TN) has been reported to indicate a poor prognosis for different human cancers. In papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC), data regarding the prognostic impact of TN are conflicting. We retrospectively studied the pathology records of 2,333 consecutive patients who underwent nephrectomy from 1984 to 2006 at a single tertiary academic center. In multivariate analyses regarding clear cell RCC, the presence of histologic TN was an independent negative prognostic factor for metastasis-free (hazard ratio [HR], 2.32; confidence interval [CI], 1.86-2.9; P < .001) and overall (HR, 1.52; CI, 1.31-1.76; P < .001) survival. Regarding papillary RCC, the presence of histologic TN represented an independent predictor of metastasis-free (HR, 5.22; CI, 2.2-12.5; P < .001) and overall (HR, 1.69; CI, 1.11-2.58; P = .015) survival. Our findings suggest that the presence of TN is an independent predictor of clinical outcome in clear cell and papillary RCC. Thus, histologic TN might be a reliable prognostic indicator and should, therefore, routinely be examined during pathologic analysis of RCC specimens.
Authors:
Martin Pichler; Georg C Hutterer; Thomas F Chromecki; Johanna Jesche; Karin Kampel-Kettner; Peter Rehak; Karl Pummer; Richard Zigeuner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  American journal of clinical pathology     Volume:  137     ISSN:  1943-7722     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Clin. Pathol.     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370470     Medline TA:  Am J Clin Pathol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  283-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Urology, Medical University of Graz (MUG), Auenbruggerplatz 5/6, A-8036 Graz, Austria.
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