Abstract
ObjectivesThe main aim was to conduct a retrospective epidemiological study to determine the histoclinical, pathological and therapeutic characteristics of kidney cancers in western Algeria. Patients and methodsRetrospective epidemiological study including 115 cases of kidney cancer diagnosed in the oncology and pathology of the University Hospital of Sidi Bel Abbes and Military Regional University Hospital of Oran (HMRUO) during period January, 2006 – December, 2013. ResultsIt was about 65 men (people) and 50 women. The average age of diagnosis was of 58.54 years (range 20–88 years). The most common risk factors were the arterial high blood pressure (53, 04%) followed by smoking (38, 26%). Hematuria was the revealing sign most frequently noted in 45, 21% of the cases. The diagnosis was based on tomodensitometry in 100% of patients. The tumor stages T3 (38, 26%) and T2 (27, 82%) were the most frequent. The main histological types of renal tumors were the clear cell carcinoma (79 cases). Metastasis were noted in 22,60 of the patients, mainly affecting the lungs (61, 53%). Nephrectomy was the reference treatment for 70.44% of the patients. ConclusionRenal cancer in our population was a pathology of elderly patients with a male predominance and polymorphic symptomatology. Renal cell carcinoma was the most frequent histological type with dominance of stages T3 and T2 and grades II and III.
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