Giuliani L, Martorana G, Giberti C, Pescatore D, Magnani G
J Urol. 1983 Oct;130(4):664-8. doi: 10.1016/s0022-5347(17)51391-9.
Radical nephrectomy with extensive lymphadenectomy was performed by the same surgeon on 104 consecutive patients with renal cell carcinoma. No significant differences in over-all survival owing to age, sex and preoperative embolization were noted. Only extension of the disease proved to be important as a prognostic factor. In the light of the statistical analysis of this variable the prognosis for patients with renal cell carcinoma has been classified as 1) good--patients with tumors confined to the kidney, 2) intermediate--patients with perirenal fat involvement, lymph node metastases and venous extension, and 3) poor--patients with distant metastases.
