Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma 24 Cases

Ahn, Tai Young; Kim, Young Kyoon

Abstract

Between 1973 and 1983, 64 patients were admitted for renal cell carcinoma at urologic department of S.N.U.H. Twenty four of 64 patients (37.5%) had metastatic disease. Thirteen patients (Group 1) had metastatic renal cell carcinoma on initial presentation and eleven patients (Group 2) had subsequent metastatic lesions after nephrectomy for pathologically early stage cancer. There were 19 men and 5 women ranging in age from 32 to 78 years with an average of 53 years. Average time from tumor presentation to appearance of metastatic lesions in these 11 patients was 11 months and ranged from 2 months to 58 months. The metastatic lesions were found in many different sites including ureter and bladder. Regardless to the method of treatment, most of the patients died within 2 years. The average survival time was longer in Group 2 than in Group 1.