Optimal management of renal cell carcinoma in octogenarians: Retrospective analysis using updated Korean Renal Cell Carcinoma (KORCC) database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is few of optimal management guideline in elderly patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC). To compare the survival outcomes of octogenarian RCC group and younger RCC group after surgery using nationwide multi-institutional database.

Methods

A total of 10,068 patients who underwent surgery for RCC were included in the current retrospective, multi-institutional study. A propensity score matching (PSM) analysis was conducted to control other confounding factors in analyzing survival outcomes of octogenarian and younger group RCCs. Kaplan-Meier curve analysis to calculate the survival estimates for cancer-specific survival (CSS) and overall survival (OS), and multivariate Cox-proportional hazard regression analyses to evaluate the significant variables associat

SUBMITTER: Kim JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10062612 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature