Renal cell carcinoma in children: A clinicopathologic study
Renal cell carcinoma in children: A clinicopathologic study
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DOI:
10.1200/jco.2003.02.072
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发表时间:
2003-02-01
影响因子:
45.3
通讯作者:
Di Tullio, MT
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作者:
Indolfi, P;Terenziani, M;Di Tullio, MT
Purpose : To identify the prognostic factors, treatment, and outcome of children affected by renal cell carcinoma (RCC).Patients and Methods: The series included 41 patients (18 males and 23 females) with a median age of 124 months observed at the 11 Italian Association for Pediatric Hematology and Oncology centers from January 1973 to January 2001. Clinical data, surgical notes, pathologic findings, and summaries of therapy were taken from the charts.Results: Seven (17%) of the 41 patients had a papillary histology, and 34 (82.4%) had nonpapillary histology. Eighteen patients (43.9%) had stage 1, one patient (2.4%) had stage 11, two patients (4.8%) had stage IIIA, 10 patients (24.3%) had stage 11113, and nine patients (21.9%) had stage IV disease. One patient had a bilateral involvement at diagnosis. Seven patients experienced disease recurrence. Lung and liver were the most common distant lesions and usually were fatal. In this study, the major factor influencing the prognosis was the stage. Event-free survival at 20 years was 53.5% for all patients. Overall survival at 20 years was 54.9% for all patients.Conclusion: RCC is a rare disease in children and adolescents. This neoplasm has a different clinical presentation in children compared with adults but the same outcome. In our experience, patients with localized disease could be cured by nephrectomy alone. Prospective studies in a larger number of patients are needed to confirm radiation therapy and biologic response modifiers as effective adjunct therapy in RCC stage Ill. The alternative therapy seems warranted in patients with advanced disease. (C) 2003 by American Society of Clinical Oncology.