Renal carcinoma: clinical, diagnostic and prognostic aspects
Reis, M.; Faria, V.
Archivos Espanoles de Urologia 47(7): 739-743
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0614 PMID: 7802483 Document Number: 434780
The purpose of this study was to review the clinical records of 103 patients with renal cell carcinoma and analyze the frequency of the most important signs and symptoms, as well as the tumor relationships with the morphologic characteristics. The differences in frequency were significant for signs and symptoms and tumor size (p<0.01) and signs and symptoms and disease stage (p<0.01) and were not significant (p<0.05) for signs and symptoms and histological pattern. The mode of clinical presentation of renal cell carcinoma, its implications in surgical strategy and the clinical prognostic factors are also considered.