RISK FACTORS FOR RENAL CELL CARCINOMA

Metabolic Factors Associated with Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma

Previous studies have shown that obesity and hypertension are associated with increased risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC), but less is known about the association to other metabolic factors. In the Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer project (Me-Can) data on body mass index (BMI, kg/m2), blood pressure, and circulating levels of glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides were collected from 560,388 men...

Sarcomatoid Transrormation of Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma

Prognostic factors in renal cell carcinoma

We studied 569 cases of renal cell carcinoma in the file5 of the Department of Pathology of the Nor~vegian Radium Hospital from 1964 to 1974. A nephrectorny had been perfornied in all cases. Clinical information on sex, age, survival time and metastases was traced. The histological slides were examined and turnour growth pattern, cell type, cell shape, nuclear atypia, abnormal nucleoli, nuclear...

Factors influencing prognosis in renal cell carcinoma.

Introduction Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is unique in many aspects, Firstly, its response to chemotherapy, radiotherapy and hormonal manipulation is extremely poor leaving surgical extirpation as only effective means of treatment. Secondly, sometimes secondaries regress after removal of the primary tumor indicating unusual response to host defense system once tumor burden is reduced. RCC’s unpre...

Prognostic Factors in Renal Cell Carcinoma