La néphrectomie partielle chez les patients atteints du cancer du rein de stade T1b
Objectives: To examine utilization rates of partial nephrectomy relative to radical nephrectomy for T1b renal cell carcinoma in contemporary years, to identify sociodemographic and disease characteristics associated with partial nephrectomy use, and to compare effectiveness of partial vs. radical nephrectomy with respect to cancer control outcomes. Materials and Methods: Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End results database, 16,333 patients treated with partial or radical nephrectomy for T1bN0M0 renal cell carcinoma between 1988 and 2008 were identified. Logistic regression models were performed to identify determinants of partial nephrectomy. Subsequently, cumulative incidence rates of cancer-specific and other-cause mortality between partial and radical nephrectomy were assessed, within the matched cohort. Finally, we relied on competing-risks regression analyses for prediction of cancer-specific mortality, after adjusting for other-cause mortality, and vice-versa. Results: The utilization rate of partial nephrectomy increased from 1.2% in 1988 to 15.9% in 2008 (P<0.001). Younger individuals, smaller tumors, persons of black race, as well as men were more likely to be treated with partial nephrectomy in the current cohort (all P≤0.002). In the post-propensity cohort, the 5- and 10-year cancer-specific mortality rates were 4.4 and 6.1% for partial vs. 6.0 and 10.4% for radical nephrectomy, respectively (P=0.03). Following adjustment for other covariates, competing-risks regression analyses showed that nephrectomy type was not statistically significantly associated with cancer-specific mortality, even after adjusting for other-cause mortality (hazard ratio: 0.89, P=0.5). Conclusions: Despite a comparable cancer control outcome, consideration of partial over radical nephrectomy in T1b renal cell carcinoma individuals remains conservative in recent years.
T1b Competing-risk analyses partial nephrectomy renal cell carcinoma