Maxwell Sandberg, Mary Namugosa, Rory Ritts, Claudia Marie Costa, Davis Temple, Mitchell Hayes, Wyatt Whitman, Emily Ye, Justin Refugia, Reuben Ben-David, Parissa Alerasool, Benjamin Eilender, Rafael Ribeiro Zanotti, Thiago Camelo Mourão, Jung Kwon Kim, Patricio Garcia Marchiñena, Seok-Soo Byun, Diego Abreu, Reza Mehrazin, Philippe Spiess, Stenio de Cassio Zequi, Alejandro Rodriguez
INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to stratify preoperative immune cell counts by cancer specific outcomes in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and a tumor thrombus after radical nephrectomy with tumor thrombectomy. METHODS: Patients with a diagnosis of RCC with tumor thrombus that underwent radical nephrectomy with thrombectomy across an international consortium of seven institutions were included. Patients who were metastatic at diagnosis and those who received preoperative medical treatment were also included...
April 25, 2024: Urologia