Renal Cell Carcinoma

Long-term prognostic value of microscopic venous invasion determined

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 26th, 2004

The long-term prognostic value of microscopic venous invasion (MVI) in renal cell carcinoma has been determined.

Urologists in France conducted a study "to assess the prognostic value" of MVI "in a long-term follow-up series."

"Two hundred and fifty-five patients had a radical nephrectomy between 1980 and 1990 for pT1 to pT3b N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma," explained H. Lang and coauthors at the University Hospitals of Strasbourg. "We reviewed the disease free, specific and overall survival after 183 months of median follow-up."

"Survival analyses using Kaplan-Meier and Log-rank models for univariate comparisons and Cox proportional...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-10-26)

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