Rory J Petteys1, Steven M Spitz2, Jay Rhee3, C Rory Goodwin3, Patricia L Zadnik3, Rachel Sarabia-Estrada3, Mari L Groves3, Ali Bydon3, Timothy F Witham3, Jean-Paul Wolinsky3, Ziya L Gokaslan3, Daniel M Sciubba4. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, PHC-7, Washington, DC, 20007, USA. rpetteys9@gmail.com. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, PHC-7, Washington, DC, 20007, USA. 3. Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 7-109, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. 4. Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 North Wolfe Street, Meyer 7-109, Baltimore, MD, 21287, USA. dsciubb1@jhmi.edu.
Abstract
PURPOSE: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an aggressive disease that metastasizes to the spine often requiring surgery. However, selecting the appropriate surgical intervention can be challenging. The Tokuhashi scoring system can be used to predict survival and inform the surgical strategy. We set out to determine the Tokuhashi score for patients with RCC spine metastases and compare expected and observed survival. METHODS: Records were reviewed for all patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastases at a single institution from January 2000 to December 2011 to determine the Tokuhashi score and survival. Kaplan-Meier estimates and log-rank test for univariate analysis were performed with R version 2.15.12 (R Foundation, 2012). RESULTS: Thirty patients underwent 40 spinal operations for metastatic RCC. Median survival was 11.4 months. Preoperative Tokuhashi scores were: 12-15, 15 patients; 9-11, seven patients; 0-8, eight patients. Median survival was 32.9, 11.7, and 5.4 months, respectively. Bone (p=0.01) and visceral metastases (p=0.005), and KPS (p=0.002) significantly affected survival. Tokuhashi score predicted survival (p=0.016); survival differed between the high and low score groups (p=0.006). CONCLUSIONS: RCC is an aggressive disease with short life expectancy when metastatic to the spine. However, patients with low systemic disease burden and solitary spinal metastases can have long survival and benefit from excisional surgery. Tokuhashi score can be useful in selecting surgical intervention in patients with RCC spinal metastases, and may be more relevant than in other cancers with spinal metastases.
PURPOSE:Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is an aggressive disease that metastasizes to the spine often requiring surgery. However, selecting the appropriate surgical intervention can be challenging. The Tokuhashi scoring system can be used to predict survival and inform the surgical strategy. We set out to determine the Tokuhashi score for patients with RCC spine metastases and compare expected and observed survival. METHODS: Records were reviewed for all patients who underwent surgery for spinal metastases at a single institution from January 2000 to December 2011 to determine the Tokuhashi score and survival. Kaplan-Meier estimates and log-rank test for univariate analysis were performed with R version 2.15.12 (R Foundation, 2012). RESULTS: Thirty patients underwent 40 spinal operations for metastatic RCC. Median survival was 11.4 months. Preoperative Tokuhashi scores were: 12-15, 15 patients; 9-11, seven patients; 0-8, eight patients. Median survival was 32.9, 11.7, and 5.4 months, respectively. Bone (p=0.01) and visceral metastases (p=0.005), and KPS (p=0.002) significantly affected survival. Tokuhashi score predicted survival (p=0.016); survival differed between the high and low score groups (p=0.006). CONCLUSIONS:RCC is an aggressive disease with short life expectancy when metastatic to the spine. However, patients with low systemic disease burden and solitary spinal metastases can have long survival and benefit from excisional surgery. Tokuhashi score can be useful in selecting surgical intervention in patients with RCC spinal metastases, and may be more relevant than in other cancers with spinal metastases.
Authors: S Boriani; R Biagini; F De Iure; F Bertoni; M C Malaguti; M Di Fiore; A Zanoni Journal: Spine (Phila Pa 1976) Date: 1996-08-15 Impact factor: 3.468