TY - JOUR
T1 - Sarcomatoid Renal Cell Carcinoma
T2 - An Examination of Underlying Histologic Subtype and an Analysis of Associations with Patient Outcome
AU - Cheville, John C.
AU - Lohse, Christine M.
AU - Zincke, Horst
AU - Weaver, Amy L.
AU - Leibovich, Bradley C.
AU - Frank, Igor
AU - Blute, Michael L.
PY - 2004/4
Y1 - 2004/4
N2 - A sarcomatoid component can occur in all histologic subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and indicates an aggressive tumor. We studied 2381 patients treated with radical nephrectomy for RCC between 1970 and 2000. A urologic pathologist reviewed the microscopic slides from all tumor specimens for the presence of a sarcomatoid component, defined as a RCC with any malignant spindle cell component. All tumors with a sarcomatoid component were classified as nuclear grade 4. A total of 120 (5.0%) patients had RCC with a sarcomatoid component, including 94 who died of RCC at a mean of 1.4 years following nephrectomy (median 8 months; range 44 days to 10 years). Cancer-specific survival rates at 2 and 5 years following nephrectomy were 33.3% and 14.5%, respectively. The presence of distant metastases at the radical nephrectomy and histologic tumor necrosis were significantly associated with death from RCC among patients with sarcomatoid RCC. Patients with clear cell (conventional) RCC and chromophobe RCC were more likely to have tumors with a sarcomatoid component (5.2% and 8.7%, respectively) compared with patients with papillary RCC (1.9%). The presence of a sarcomatoid component was significantly associated with death from RCC for all three subtypes (P < 0.001). Even among patients with grade 4 clear cell RCC, the presence of a sarcomatoid component was significantly associated with outcome, both univariately (risk ratio 1.59; P = 0.010) and after adjusting for TNM stage, tumor size, and histologic tumor necrosis (risk ratio 1.46; P = 0.037).
AB - A sarcomatoid component can occur in all histologic subtypes of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and indicates an aggressive tumor. We studied 2381 patients treated with radical nephrectomy for RCC between 1970 and 2000. A urologic pathologist reviewed the microscopic slides from all tumor specimens for the presence of a sarcomatoid component, defined as a RCC with any malignant spindle cell component. All tumors with a sarcomatoid component were classified as nuclear grade 4. A total of 120 (5.0%) patients had RCC with a sarcomatoid component, including 94 who died of RCC at a mean of 1.4 years following nephrectomy (median 8 months; range 44 days to 10 years). Cancer-specific survival rates at 2 and 5 years following nephrectomy were 33.3% and 14.5%, respectively. The presence of distant metastases at the radical nephrectomy and histologic tumor necrosis were significantly associated with death from RCC among patients with sarcomatoid RCC. Patients with clear cell (conventional) RCC and chromophobe RCC were more likely to have tumors with a sarcomatoid component (5.2% and 8.7%, respectively) compared with patients with papillary RCC (1.9%). The presence of a sarcomatoid component was significantly associated with death from RCC for all three subtypes (P < 0.001). Even among patients with grade 4 clear cell RCC, the presence of a sarcomatoid component was significantly associated with outcome, both univariately (risk ratio 1.59; P = 0.010) and after adjusting for TNM stage, tumor size, and histologic tumor necrosis (risk ratio 1.46; P = 0.037).
KW - Histologic subtype
KW - Prognosis
KW - Renal cell carcinoma
KW - Sarcomatoid
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U2 - 10.1097/00000478-200404000-00002
DO - 10.1097/00000478-200404000-00002
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15087662
AN - SCOPUS:1842529797
SN - 0147-5185
VL - 28
SP - 435
EP - 441
JO - American Journal of Surgical Pathology
JF - American Journal of Surgical Pathology
IS - 4
ER -