OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the type of surgery (partial nephrectomy [PN] versus radical nephrectomy [RN]) has any effect on cancer outcome for renal cortical tumors 4 cm or larger. PN outcomes for large renal cortical tumors have been shown to be worse than outcomes for smaller tumors, but the upper limit of tumor diameter amenable to PN remains controversial. METHODS: We identified 33 patients from the Columbia University Comprehensive Urologic Oncology Database who underwent PN between 1988 and 2004 for renal cortical tumors 4 cm or larger. Each was matched with 2 patients undergoing RN on the basis of the tumor diameter. A survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan-Meier method, and any differences between the two groups were compared using the log-rank test. The Cox regression model was used to determine which variables affected survival. RESULTS: The estimated 5-year recurrence-free survival rate was 93.5% for the PN group and 83.3% for the RN group (P = 0.471). The estimated 5-year disease-specific survival rate was 96.2% for the PN group and 97.8% for the RN group (P = 0.893). Only tumor diameter had an impact on recurrence-free survival in the univariate (P = 0.005) and multivariate (P = 0.008) Cox regression models. Surgical technique had no impact on disease recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: The results of our study have shown that cancer outcomes after PN do not differ from outcomes after RN for tumors of 4 cm or greater in diameter. The upper limit of 4 cm appears to have been determined arbitrarily. It is no longer advisable to restrict PN to patients with tumors smaller than 4 cm in diameter.
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the type of surgery (partial nephrectomy [PN] versus radical nephrectomy [RN]) has any effect on cancer outcome for renal cortical tumors 4 cm or larger. PN outcomes for large renal cortical tumors have been shown to be worse than outcomes for smaller tumors, but the upper limit of tumor diameter amenable to PN remains controversial. METHODS: We identified 33 patients from the Columbia University Comprehensive Urologic Oncology Database who underwent PN between 1988 and 2004 for renal cortical tumors 4 cm or larger. Each was matched with 2 patients undergoing RN on the basis of the tumor diameter. A survival analysis was conducted using the Kaplan-Meier method, and any differences between the two groups were compared using the log-rank test. The Cox regression model was used to determine which variables affected survival. RESULTS: The estimated 5-year recurrence-free survival rate was 93.5% for the PN group and 83.3% for the RN group (P = 0.471). The estimated 5-year disease-specific survival rate was 96.2% for the PN group and 97.8% for the RN group (P = 0.893). Only tumor diameter had an impact on recurrence-free survival in the univariate (P = 0.005) and multivariate (P = 0.008) Cox regression models. Surgical technique had no impact on disease recurrence. CONCLUSIONS: The results of our study have shown that cancer outcomes after PN do not differ from outcomes after RN for tumors of 4 cm or greater in diameter. The upper limit of 4 cm appears to have been determined arbitrarily. It is no longer advisable to restrict PN to patients with tumors smaller than 4 cm in diameter.
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