Kidney And Adrenal Tumors II - Coverage From The 60th Annual Congress Of The German Urological Association

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology
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Article Date: 17 Oct 2008 - 1:00 PDT

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STUTTGART, GERMANY (UroToday.com) - The impact of microscopic versus macroscopic vascular invasion on metastasis-free survival was analyzed in 2,394 re-evaluated kidney cancer specimens from Graz (Austria).

Vascular invasion was present in 22.8% of all specimens (16.6% macroscopic and 6.2% microscopic). At an average follow-up of 85 months, 25.4% of all patients had developed metastases. 10-year metastasis-free survival in patients without vascular invasion, patients with microscopic vascular invasion and patients with macroscopic vascular invasion was 82%, 48%, and 33%, respectively.

The authors suggested including presence and type of vascular invasion into pathology reports.

Abstract #V10.2

Presented by G. Hutterer, MD, et al., at the 60th Annual Congress of the German Urological Association (DGU) - September 24 - 27, 2008 - Stuttgart, Germany

Reported by Christian Doehn, MD, a Contributing Editor with UroToday.com

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