Life expectancy (LE) is an important consideration in the clinical decision-making for T1aN0M0 renal cell cancer (RCC) patients.
To test the effect of race/ethnicity (Caucasian, African American, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian) on LE predictions from Social Security Administration (SSA) life tables in male and female T1aN0M0 RCC patients.
We relied on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database.
Radical nephrectomy (RN) and partial nephrectomy (PN).
Five-year and 10-yr observed overall survival (OS) of pT1aN0M0 RCC patients treated between 2004 and 2006 were compared with the LE predicted from SSA life tables. We repeated the comparison in a more contemporary cohort (2009-2011), with 5-yr follow-up and higher PN rates.
In the 2004-2006 cohort, PN rate was 40.7%. OS followed the predicted LE in Caucasians, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians, but not in African Americans, in whom 5-yr OS rates were 5.0% (male) and 8.7% (female) and 10-yr rates were 4.2% (male) and 11.1% (female) lower than predicted. In the 2009-2011 cohort, PN rate was 59.4%. Same observations were made for OS versus predicted LE in Caucasians, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians. In African Americans, 5-yr OS rates were 1.5% (male) and 4.9% (female) lower than predicted.
In RN- or PN-treated pT1aN0M0 RCC patients, LE predictions closely approximated OS of Caucasians, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians. In African-American patients, SSA life tables overestimated LE, more in females than in males. The limitations of our study are its retrospective nature, its validity for US patients only, and the under-representation of racial/ethnic minorities.
Social Security Administration life tables can be used to estimate long-term life expectancy in patients who are surgically treated for renal cancer (≤4 cm). However, while for Caucasians, Hispanics/Latinos, and Asians, the prediction performs well, life expectancy of African Americans is generally overestimated by life table predictions. TAKE HOME MESSAGE: In the clinical decision-making process for T1aN0M0 renal cell cancer patients eligible for radical or partial nephrectomy, the important influence of patient sex and race/ethnicity on life expectancy should be taken into account, when using Social Security Administration life tables.
European urology focus. 2021 Feb 17 [Epub ahead of print]
Christoph Würnschimmel, Claudia Collà Ruvolo, Luigi Nocera, Mike Wenzel, Zhe Tian, Fred Saad, Alberto Briganti, Shahrokh F Shariat, Vincenzo Mirone, Felix K H Chun, Derya Tilki, Markus Graefen, Pierre I Karakiewicz
Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada. Electronic address: ., Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy., Department of Urology and Division of Experimental Oncology, URI, Urological Research Institute, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; Department of Urology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany., Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Cancer Prognostics and Health Outcomes Unit, Division of Urology, University of Montréal Health Center, Montréal, Québec, Canada., Department of Urology and Division of Experimental Oncology, URI, Urological Research Institute, IRCSS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy., Department of Urology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Departments of Urology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; Department of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA; Department of Urology, Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute for Urology and Reproductive Health, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia; Division of Urology, Department of Special Surgery, Jordan University Hospital, The University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan., Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy., Department of Urology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany., Martini-Klinik Prostate Cancer Center, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33610487