A Retrospective, Multicenter, Long-Term Follow-Up Analysis of the Prognostic Characteristics of Recurring Non-Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma After Partial or Radical Nephrectomy.

Sung Han Kim,Chang Wook Jeong,Jinsoo Chung,Boram Park,Eu Chang Hwang,Sung-Hoo Hong,Seok Soo Byun,Cheol Kwak

doi:10.3389/fonc.2021.653002

Abstract

This study aimed to compare the cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS) of nephrectomized patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (nmRCC) and local recurrence without distant metastasis (LR group), those with metastasis without local recurrence (MET group), and those with both local recurrence and metastasis (BOTH group). This retrospective multicenter study included 464 curatively nephrectomized patients with nmRCC and disease recurrence between 2000 and 2012; the follow-up period was until 2017. After adjusting for significant clinicopathological factors using Cox proportional hazard models, CSS and OS were compared between the MET (n = 50, 10.7%), BOTH (n = 95, 20.5%), and LR (n = 319, 68.8%) groups. The CSS and OS rates were 34.7 and 6.5% after a median follow-up of 43.9 months, respectively. After adjusting for significant prognostic factors of OS and CSS, the MET group had hazard ratios (HRs) of 0.51 and 0.57 for OS and CSS (p = 0.039 and 0.103), respectively, whereas the BOTH group had HRs of 0.51 and 0.60 for OS and CSS (p < 0.05), respectively; LR was taken as a reference. The 2-year OS and CSS rates from the date of nephrectomy and disease recurrence were 86.9% and 88.9% and 63.5% and 67.8%, respectively, for the LR group; 89.5% and 89.5% and 48.06% and 52.43%, respectively, for the MET group; and 96.8% and 96.8% and 86.6% and 82.6%, respectively, for the BOTH group. Only the LR and BOTH groups had significant differences in the 2-year OS and CSS rates (p < 0.05). In conclusion, our study showed that the LR group had worse survival prognoses than any other group in nephrectomized patients with nmRCC.

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The number of incidentally diagnosed localized nonmetastatic renal cell carcinomas has increased due to improvements in diagnostic modalities [1]
Baseline platelet levels and the nephrectomy method were significantly different between the local recurrence (LR) and metastasis without LR (MET) groups (Supplementary Table 1A), and the baseline albumin levels, pN1 stages, and intratumor necrosis characteristics were significantly different between the LR and BOTH groups (p < 0.05, Supplementary Table 1B)
Disease recurrence after curative nephrectomy in patients with non-metastatic renal cell carcinoma (nmRCC) is challenging due to its rarity and unpredictability owing to the heterogenetic and pleomorphic pathophysiology of RCC, making large prospective studies, including randomized controlled trials, rare and inducing conflicting issues related to therapeutic and follow-up guidelines

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Introduction

The number of incidentally diagnosed localized nonmetastatic renal cell carcinomas (nmRCCs) has increased due to improvements in diagnostic modalities [1]. Given that the radical removal of primary RCC by partial or complete nephrectomy is the standard treatment for nmRCC, approximately 7–30% of surgically treated RCCs recur within 5 years [2], and another 20– 40% of RCCs progress to metastasis after curative surgery, resulting in a poor 5-year overall survival (OS) of

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