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Bone metastases in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: are they always associated with poor prognosis?

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Title
Bone metastases in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma: are they always associated with poor prognosis?
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Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research, February 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13046-015-0122-0
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Matteo Santoni, Alessandro Conti, Giuseppe Procopio, Camillo Porta, Toni Ibrahim, Sandro Barni, Francesco Maria Guida, Andrea Fontana, Alfredo Berruti, Rossana Berardi, Francesco Massari, Bruno Vincenzi, Cinzia Ortega, Davide Ottaviani, Giacomo Carteni, Gaetano Lanzetta, Delia De Lisi, Nicola Silvestris, Maria Antonietta Satolli, Elena Collovà, Antonio Russo, Giuseppe Badalamenti, Stefano Luzi Fedeli, Francesca Maria Tanca, Vincenzo Adamo, Evaristo Maiello, Roberto Sabbatini, Alessandra Felici, Saverio Cinieri, Rodolfo Montironi, Sergio Bracarda, Giuseppe Tonini, Stefano Cascinu, Daniele Santini

Abstract

PurposeAim of this study was to investigate for the presence of existing prognostic factors in patients with bone metastases (BMs) from RCC since bone represents an unfavorable site of metastasis for renal cell carcinoma (mRCC).Materials and methodsData of patients with BMs from RCC were retrospectively collected. Age, sex, ECOG-Performance Status (PS),MSKCC group, tumor histology, presence of concomitant metastases to other sites, time from nephrectomy to bone metastases (TTBM, classified into three groups: <1 year, between 1 and 5 years and >5 years) and time from BMs to skeletal-related event (SRE) were included in the Cox analysis to investigate their prognostic relevance.Results470 patients were enrolled in this analysis. In 19 patients (4%),bone was the only metastatic site; 277 patients had concomitant metastases in other sites. Median time to BMs was 16 months (range 0¿¿¿44y) with Median OS of 17 months. Number of metastatic sites (including bone, p¿=¿0.01), concomitant metastases, high Fuhrman grade (p¿<¿0.001) and non-clear cell histology (p¿=¿0.013) were significantly associated with poor prognosis. Patients with TTBM >5 years had longer OS (22 months) compared to patients with TTBM <1 year (13 months) or between 1 and 5 years (19 months) from nephrectomy (p¿<¿0.001),no difference was found between these two last groups (p¿=¿0.18).At multivariate analysis, ECOG-PS, MSKCC group and concomitant lung or lymph node metastases were independent predictors of OS in patients with BMs.ConclusionsOur study suggest that age, ECOG-PS, histology, MSKCC score, TTBM and the presence of concomitant metastases should be considered in order to optimize the management of RCC patients with BMs.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 9 18%
Researcher 6 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 8%
Student > Bachelor 4 8%
Professor 3 6%
Other 13 25%
Unknown 12 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 27 53%
Engineering 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Unspecified 1 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Other 3 6%
Unknown 15 29%