Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University Medical Center East, Tokyo, Japan.
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2021 Apr 30;51(5):819-825. doi: 10.1093/jjco/hyaa275.
Sarcopenia is associated with oncological outcomes in various types of cancer. However, the impact of sarcopenia in renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava thrombus remains unclear. We herein evaluated the prognostic significance of sarcopenia for renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava thrombus following nephrectomy and thrombectomy.
Patients who underwent nephrectomy and thrombectomy for renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava thrombus at our department between 2004 and 2019 were retrospectively evaluated. Their sarcopenic status, determined by sex, body mass index and skeletal muscle index, was calculated using pre-surgical radiographic imaging. We compared the post-operative cancer-specific survival and overall survival, surgical data and duration of post-operative hospitalization of sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients.
Out of 83 patients, 54 (65%) were sarcopenic. Sarcopenic patients had significantly shorter cancer-specific survival (median: 33.3 months vs. not reached, P = 0.0323) and overall survival (32.0 months vs. not reached, P = 0.0173) than non-sarcopenic patients. Furthermore, multivariate analyses showed that sarcopenia was an independent factor for cancer-specific survival (hazard ratio: 2.76, P = 0.0212) and overall survival (hazard ratio: 2.93, P = 0.014). The incidence rate of surgical complications (any grade: 35.2% vs. 27.6%, P = 0.482; grades ≥ 3: 7.4% vs. 10.3%, P = 0.648) or duration of post-operative hospitalization (median: 11 vs. 10 days, P = 0.148) was not significantly different between sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic patients.
In conclusion, this study showed that sarcopenia was an independent prognostic factor for renal cell carcinoma with inferior vena cava thrombus after nephrectomy and tumor thrombectomy. Thus, sarcopenia evaluation can be utilized as an effective prognosticator of post-operative survival.
肌肉减少症与多种癌症的肿瘤预后相关。然而,在肾细胞癌合并下腔静脉癌栓患者中,肌肉减少症的影响尚不清楚。本研究旨在评估肾细胞癌合并下腔静脉癌栓患者行肾切除术和瘤栓切除术治疗后,肌肉减少症的预后意义。
回顾性分析 2004 年至 2019 年在我院行肾切除术和瘤栓切除术治疗的肾细胞癌合并下腔静脉癌栓患者。使用术前影像学检查计算患者的性别、体质指数和骨骼肌指数等指标的肌肉减少症状态。比较肌肉减少症和非肌肉减少症患者的术后癌症特异性生存率和总生存率、手术数据和术后住院时间。
83 例患者中,54 例(65%)为肌肉减少症患者。肌肉减少症患者的癌症特异性生存率(中位:33.3 个月 vs. 未达到,P=0.0323)和总生存率(32.0 个月 vs. 未达到,P=0.0173)明显短于非肌肉减少症患者。此外,多因素分析显示,肌肉减少症是癌症特异性生存率(风险比:2.76,P=0.0212)和总生存率(风险比:2.93,P=0.014)的独立预后因素。手术并发症发生率(任何等级:35.2% vs. 27.6%,P=0.482;≥3 级:7.4% vs. 10.3%,P=0.648)或术后住院时间(中位数:11 天 vs. 10 天,P=0.148)在肌肉减少症和非肌肉减少症患者之间无显著差异。
总之,本研究表明,肌肉减少症是肾细胞癌合并下腔静脉癌栓患者肾切除术和瘤栓切除术治疗后的独立预后因素。因此,肌肉减少症评估可作为术后生存的有效预后指标。