2015
Prediction of Pulmonary Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients with Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules
Adibi M, Kenney PA, Thomas AZ, Borregales LD, Nogueras-González GM, Wang X, Devine CE, Karam JA, Wood CG. Prediction of Pulmonary Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients with Indeterminate Pulmonary Nodules. European Urology 2015, 69: 352-360. PMID: 26382085, DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.08.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLung metastasis-free survivalIndeterminate pulmonary nodulesRenal cell carcinomaAdvanced renal cell carcinomaPulmonary metastasesCell carcinomaPulmonary nodulesMultivariable Cox regression modelsRenal cell carcinoma patientsRadical nephrectomy patientsCell carcinoma patientsMetastasis-free survivalCox regression modelIndividualized risk stratificationAvailable preoperative imagingKidney cancer patientsSmall lung nodulesThree yrNephrectomy patientsPreoperative chestOverall cohortCarcinoma patientsDistant metastasisPathological variablesRadical nephrectomy
2014
Preoperative Predictors of Pathological Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection
Babaian KN, Kim DY, Kenney PA, Wood CG, Wong J, Sanchez C, Fang JE, Gerber JA, Didic A, Wahab A, Golla V, Torres C, Tamboli P, Qiao W, Matin SF, Wood CG, Karam JA. Preoperative Predictors of Pathological Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma Undergoing Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection. Journal Of Urology 2014, 193: 1101-1107. PMID: 25390078, DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.10.096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetroperitoneal lymph node dissectionLymph node dissectionRenal cell carcinomaNode dissectionPositive lymph nodesRecurrence-free survivalLymph node metastasisCell carcinomaECOG PSPreoperative predictorsLymph nodesDistant metastasisNode metastasisLocal symptomsCN stageM0 renal cell carcinomaAdvanced renal cell carcinomaPathological lymph node metastasisPreoperative clinical predictorsKaplan-Meier methodLactate dehydrogenasePatients 131PN1 casesPN0 diseasePredictive nomogram