A Clinical Observation on Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma 17 Cases

Park, Hui Kyu; Cho, Yong Hyun

Abstract

A clinical observation was made on 17 patients of metastatic, renal cell carcinoma who were admitted in the Department of Urology, Catholic Medical College during the period from January, 1980 to June, 1988 retrospectively. Results were as follow: 1. There were 14 men and 3 women, giving a ratio of 5.7 to 1, with the highest incidence in the sixth to seventh decades(82.4%). 2. The distant metastasis occurred in solitary metastasis 9 cases and multiple metastasis 8 cases, metastatic sites were lung, liver, lymph node and bone in orders. 3. The survival rate of solitary metastasis was higher than that of multiple metastasis. 4. The survival rate of clear cell type was higher than that of granular cell type and mixed cell type. The survival rate of the patients with the tumors of low grade (grade 1,2) was higher than that of high grade (grade 3,4). 5. The survival rate of nephrectomy group was higher than that of non-nephrectomy group.