Late results of surgical treatment of renal clear-cell carcinoma.

Late results of surgical treatment are reported in a group of 140 patients operated for clear-cell renal carcinoma in the years 1960-1974. The mean survival time was 5.61 years for males and 6.59 years for females which is, respectively, 14.19 years and 15.39 years shorter than the mean life expectancy of their peers in the general population. The survival time of males depended in 15.7% on the age at the time of operation and in 68.7% on the tumour progression grade (T). The respective data of females were 13% and 17.6%. The 5-year survival rate was 40% and the 10-year survival rate was 28.6%.