Real-world outcomes of patients with renal cell carcinoma, surgically treated at regional hospitals, based on a prospective long-term survey of the pre-robotic era.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Renal cancer surgery is frequently performed in small regional hospitals in Japan. This study evaluated the outcomes of renal cancer surgery, comparing results from the pre-robotic surgery era with those obtained with robotic surgery.

Methods

This prospective cohort study was conducted on patients who underwent renal cancer surgery between 2008 and 2013 at 14 hospitals, comprising 13 regional hospitals and a university hospital, registered in the Tohoku Urological Evidence-Based Medicine Study Group. The patients' backgrounds; perioperative data; annual postoperative renal function; and prognostic surveys, performed over a median follow-up period of 10 years were obtained.

Results

In 930 surgical cases at the 14 registered hospitals, the 10-year recurrence-fre

SUBMITTER: Kawasaki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10030418 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature