TY - JOUR
T1 - The Impact of Metastasis Histopathology on Oncologic Outcomes for Patients with Surgically Resected Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
AU - Pessoa, Rodrigo Rodrigues
AU - Nabavizadeh, Reza
AU - Quevedo, Fernando
AU - Joyce, Daniel D.
AU - Lohse, Christine M.
AU - Sharma, Vidit
AU - Costello, Brian A.
AU - Boorjian, Stephen A.
AU - Thompson, R. Houston
AU - Leibovich, Bradley C.
AU - Cheville, John C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023/10/1
Y1 - 2023/10/1
N2 - Purpose:Multiple prognostic models exist to assess survival among patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. However, the relative contribution of histopathological features of the metastasis has not been extensively studied. Herein, we compared models using clinical, primary tumor, and metastatic features to predict cancer-specific survival for patients with surgically resected metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Materials and Methods:We studied 266 patients who had undergone nephrectomy between 1970 and 2019, and who had a single site of metastasis completely resected. Two versions of the metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma score published by Leibovich et al were calculated, using grade and necrosis from the primary tumor and using grade and necrosis from the metastasis. Predictive abilities of these 2 versions and a third model that included metastatic features only were compared using c-indexes from Cox proportional hazards models.Results:A total of 197 patients died from renal cell carcinoma at a median of 2.3 years (IQR 1.1-4.5); median follow-up among survivors was 13.2 years (IQR 10.0-14.5). The Leibovich score using grade and necrosis from the metastasis (c=0.679) had similar predictive ability compared to the original Leibovich score using grade and necrosis from the primary tumor (c=0.675). A third model (c=0.707) demonstrated that metastasectomy within 2 years after nephrectomy, presence of bone metastasis, high grade, and sarcomatoid differentiation in the metastasis were significantly associated with cancer-specific survival.Conclusions:Scoring algorithms calculated using histopathological features of the metastasis can be used to predict cancer-specific survival for patients with surgically resected metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. These findings are of particular importance for instances when primary tumor histopathology is not readily available.
AB - Purpose:Multiple prognostic models exist to assess survival among patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. However, the relative contribution of histopathological features of the metastasis has not been extensively studied. Herein, we compared models using clinical, primary tumor, and metastatic features to predict cancer-specific survival for patients with surgically resected metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.Materials and Methods:We studied 266 patients who had undergone nephrectomy between 1970 and 2019, and who had a single site of metastasis completely resected. Two versions of the metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma score published by Leibovich et al were calculated, using grade and necrosis from the primary tumor and using grade and necrosis from the metastasis. Predictive abilities of these 2 versions and a third model that included metastatic features only were compared using c-indexes from Cox proportional hazards models.Results:A total of 197 patients died from renal cell carcinoma at a median of 2.3 years (IQR 1.1-4.5); median follow-up among survivors was 13.2 years (IQR 10.0-14.5). The Leibovich score using grade and necrosis from the metastasis (c=0.679) had similar predictive ability compared to the original Leibovich score using grade and necrosis from the primary tumor (c=0.675). A third model (c=0.707) demonstrated that metastasectomy within 2 years after nephrectomy, presence of bone metastasis, high grade, and sarcomatoid differentiation in the metastasis were significantly associated with cancer-specific survival.Conclusions:Scoring algorithms calculated using histopathological features of the metastasis can be used to predict cancer-specific survival for patients with surgically resected metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma. These findings are of particular importance for instances when primary tumor histopathology is not readily available.
KW - algorithms
KW - carcinoma, renal cell
KW - cytoreduction surgical procedures
KW - neoplasm metastasis
KW - nephrectomy
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U2 - 10.1097/JU.0000000000003601
DO - 10.1097/JU.0000000000003601
M3 - Article
C2 - 37338930
AN - SCOPUS:85170295086
SN - 0022-5347
VL - 210
SP - 611
EP - 618
JO - Journal of Urology
JF - Journal of Urology
IS - 4
ER -