To report the overall survival (OS) outcomes of patients with nonclear cell renal cell carcinoma (nccRCC) treated at our institution with a cytoreductive nephrectomy (CN) and better understand the clinical and pathological characteristics of the patients that respond best.
We queried our prospectively maintained database for patients who underwent CN for nccRCC between 1989 and 2018. Histology was reviewed by an expert genitourinary pathologist, and nccRCC tumors were subdivided into papillary, unclassified, chromophobe, and other histology. Baseline clinicopathology, treatments, and survival outcomes were recorded. Preoperative hematological parameters including the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) were analyzed. Significant univariate predictors of OS were tested in a multivariate model.
There were 100 nccRCC patients treated with CN. Median age was 61 years (IQR: 48-69) and 65% were male. There were 79 patient deaths with a median OS of 13.7 months (10.8-27.2). Estimated 2- and 5-year survival was 40.1% and 12.2%, respectively. Median follow-up of survivors was 13 months (IQR: 3-30). On multivariate analysis, increasing NLR (hazard ratio [HR] 1.27; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.14-1.40, P < 0.001) and sarcomatoid features (HR 2.18; 95% CI 1.19-3.97, P = 0.014) conferred worse OS and the presence of papillary features were a favorable prognostic feature (HR 0.37; 95% CI 0.21-0.65, P < 0.001).
OS outcomes in patients with nccRCC who underwent a CN are consistently modest throughout the study period. Patients with papillary features and a lower preoperative NLR may be better candidates for a CN.
Urologic oncology. 2019 Sep 12 [Epub ahead of print]
Andrew W Silagy, Jessica Flynn, Roy Mano, Kyle A Blum, Julian Marcon, Renzo G DiNatale, Alejandro Sanchez, Maria I Carlo, Robert J Motzer, Jonathan A Coleman, Paul Russo, Irina Ostrovnaya, Yingbei B Chen, A Ari Hakimi
Urology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia., Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY., Urology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY., Urology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Department of Urology, University Hospital of Munich, Munich, Germany., Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY., Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY., Urology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: .