Risk factors and prognostic implications for pathologic upstaging to T3a after partial nephrectomy.
Publication Title
Minerva urologica e nefrologica = The Italian journal of urology and nephrology
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-19-2018
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Performing a partial nephrectomy (PN) on a cT1 tumor, which post- operatively is upgraded to pT3a can possibly lead to compromise of cancer specific mortality. We therefore aimed to identify risk factors for pathologic T3a upstaging of cT1 tumors and to analyze the association between upstaging, positive surgical margins (PSM) and overall survival (OS).
METHODS: The present study included patients who underwent PN for a clinically localized T1 renal mass from 2 datasets: (1) 1,298 patients from a prospectively maintained multi-center database (MCDB) and (2) 7,940 patients from the National Cancer Database (NCDB). Multivariable logistic regression models within each cohort were used to identify predictors of cT1 to pT3a upstaging and its association with PSM. Cox proportion hazards regression models were used to compare overall survival in the NCDB cohort.
RESULTS: The rate of pT3a upstaging was 5.7% (n=74) in the MCDB and 1.9% (n=156) in the NCDB cohort. Older age (MCDB OR=1.04, p=.001; NCDB OR=1.04, p=.001) and larger tumor size (MCDB OR=1.89, p
CONCLUSIONS: Larger tumor size and increased age are associated with pathological upstaging to T3a for clinical T1 tumors treated with partial nephrectomy. Steps to improve identification of occult pT3a disease are necessary as its occurrence significantly increased the likelihood of a PSM, both in a high volume multicenter cohort, as well as, a national data registry.
Area of Special Interest
Kidney & Diabetes
Specialty/Research Institute
Nephrology
