Survival rates after resection for localized kidney cancer: 1989 to 2004
Russo P, Jang T, Pettus J, Huang W, Eggener S, O'Brien M, Karellas M, Karanikolas N, Kagiwada M. Survival rates after resection for localized kidney cancer: 1989 to 2004. Cancer 2008, 113: 84-96. PMID: 18470927, PMCID: PMC3985136, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalNumber of nephrectomiesProportion of patientsOverall patient survivalDisease progressionKidney cancerOverall survivalLocal recurrenceDistant metastasisPatient survivalTumor sizeRenal tumorsFive-year progression-free survivalMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer CenterMultivariate Cox regression analysisConcomitant lymph node dissectionSelect renal tumorsSurgery-related characteristicsLymph node dissectionYear of surgeryKaplan-Meier methodCox regression analysisCurrent treatment paradigmsSmall renal tumorsTumor size categories