TY - JOUR A1 - Vergho, Daniel A1 - Kneitz, Susanne A1 - Rosenwald, Andreas A1 - Scherer, Charlotte A1 - Spahn, Martin A1 - Burger, Maximilian A1 - Riedmiller, Hubertus A1 - Kneitz, Burkhard T1 - Combination of expression levels of miR-21 and miR-126 is associated with cancer-specific survival in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma N2 - Background Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is marked by high mortality rate. To date, no robust risk stratification by clinical or molecular prognosticators of cancer-specific survival (CSS) has been established for early stages. Transcriptional profiling of small non-coding RNA gene products (miRNAs) seems promising for prognostic stratification. The expression of miR-21 and miR-126 was analysed in a large cohort of RCC patients; a combined risk score (CRS)-model was constructed based on expression levels of both miRNAs. Methods Expression of miR-21 and miR-126 was evaluated by qRT-PCR in tumour and adjacent non-neoplastic tissue in n = 139 clear cell RCC patients. Relation of miR-21 and miR-126 expression with various clinical parameters was assessed. Parameters were analysed by uni- and multivariate COX regression. A factor derived from the z-score resulting from the COX model was determined for both miRs separately and a combined risk score (CRS) was calculated multiplying the relative expression of miR-21 and miR-126 by this factor. The best fitting COX model was selected by relative goodness-of-fit with the Akaike information criterion (AIC). Results RCC with and without miR-21 up- and miR-126 downregulation differed significantly in synchronous metastatic status and CSS. Upregulation of miR-21 and downregulation of miR-126 were independently prognostic. A combined risk score (CRS) based on the expression of both miRs showed high sensitivity and specificity in predicting CSS and prediction was independent from any other clinico-pathological parameter. Association of CRS with CSS was successfully validated in a testing cohort containing patients with high and low risk for progressive disease. Conclusions A combined expression level of miR-21 and miR-126 accurately predicted CSS in two independent RCC cohorts and seems feasible for clinical application in assessing prognosis. KW - Renal cell carcinoma KW - RCC KW - Kidney cancer KW - miRNA KW - miR-21 KW - miR-126 KW - Prognosis KW - Profiling KW - Biomarker KW - Tumour markers Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-110061 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Vergho, Daniel Claudius A1 - Loeser, Andreas A1 - Kocot, Arkadius A1 - Spahn, Martin A1 - Riedmüller, Hubertus T1 - Tumor thrombus of inferior vena cava in patients with renal cell carcinoma - Clinical and oncological outcome of 50 patients after surgery N2 - Background: To evaluate oncological and clinical outcome in patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and tumor thrombus involving inferior vena cava (IVC) treated with nephrectomy and thrombectomy. Methods: We identified 50 patients with a median age of 65 years, who underwent radical surgical treatment for RCC and tumor thrombus of the IVC between 1997 and 2010. The charts were reviewed for pathological and surgical parameters, as well as complications and oncological outcome. Results: The median follow-up was 26 months. In 21 patients (42%) distant metastases were already present at the time of surgery. All patients underwent radical nephrectomy, thrombectomy and lymph node dissection through a flank (15 patients/30%), thoracoabdominal (14 patients/28%) or midline abdominal approach (21 patients/42%), depending upon surgeon preference and upon the characteristics of tumor and associated thrombus. Extracorporal circulation with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was performed in 10 patients (20%) with supradiaphragmal thrombus of IVC. Cancer-specific survival for the whole cohort at 5 years was 33.1%. Survival for the patients without distant metastasis at 5 years was 50.7%, whereas survival rate in the metastatic group at 5 years was 7.4%. Median survival of patients with metastatic disease was 16.4 months. On multivariate analysis lymph node invasion, distant metastasis and grading were independent prognostic factors. There was no statistically significant influence of level of the tumor thrombus on survival rate. Indeed, patients with supradiaphragmal tumor thrombus (n = 10) even had a better outcome (overall survival at 5 years of 58.33%) than the entire cohort. Conclusions: An aggressive surgical approach is the most effective therapeutic option in patients with RCC and any level of tumor thrombus and offers a reasonable longterm survival. Due to good clinical and oncological outcome we prefer the use of CPB with extracorporal circulation in patients with supradiaphragmal tumor thrombus. Cytoreductive surgery appears to be beneficial for patients with metastatic disease, especially when consecutive therapy is performed. Although sample size of our study cohort is limited consistent with some other studies lymph node invasion, distant metastasis and grading seem to have prognostic value. KW - Medizin KW - Renal cell carcinoma KW - Inferior vena cava KW - Thrombectomy KW - Tumor thrombus Y1 - 2012 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-75230 ER - TY - THES A1 - Hahner, Maximilian T1 - Organerhaltung in der modernen Nierentumorchirurgie: Würzburger Ergebnisse 1997-2002 T1 - Parenchymal Preservation in modern renal tumor-surgery: The Würzburg experience 1997-2002 N2 - Hintergrund: Die operative Resektion von Nierenzellkarzinomen stellt die einzige Therapie mit kurativem Ansatz dar. Zunehmend etabliert sich die parenchymschonende Tumorresektion mit dem Ziel des Erhalts der Nierenfunktion neben der Radikalen Tumornephrektomie bei lokal begrenzten Nierentumoren. Methode: In unserer Untersuchung erfolgte die Gegenüberstellung von insgesamt 155 Patienten mit einem T1-Nierenzellkarzinom, die sich zwischen 1997 und 2002 entweder einer parenchymschonenden Tumorresektion oder einer Radikalen Nephrektomie an der Urologischen Universitätsklinik Würzburg unterzogen haben. In die Auswertung gelangten nur die Patienten, bei denen eine vollständige Nachsorgehistorie eruierbar war. Zusätzlich durfte nur ein organbegrenzter T1M0N0-Status vorliegen. Es erfolgte die Gegenüberstellung beider Operationsmethoden. Innerhalb der parenchymschonend operierten Patientengruppe erfolgte ein Vergleich von elektiven gegenüber imperativen Indikationen. Zentraler Fokus war neben der tumorspezifischen Überlebensrate der Erhalt der Nierenfunktion und die Rate an perioperativen Komplikationen. Ergebnisse: Insgesamt ergaben sich signifikante Unterschiede beim Vergleich der postoperativen Nierenfunktion mit Hilfe der MDRD-Formel, die postoperativ bei den parenchymschonend operierten Patienten deutlich höher lag. Wie zu erwarten fand sich hier aber eine etwas höhere Bluttransfusionsrate, sowie eine gering höhere perioperative Rate an Komplikationen. Die tumorassoziierte Gesamtüberlebensrate lag bei den parenchymschonend operierten Patienten bei 92,96% und den radikal nephrektomierten Patienten bei 91,67%, das onkologische Outcome bezeichnen wir deshalb als gleich. Statistisch dürfen wir aufgrund der Zahlen nur von einem Trend sprechen. Schlussfolgerungen: In Zusammenschau aller Auswertungen sollte eine parenchymschonende Nierentumorresektion unter dem Aspekt der Erhaltung der Nierenfunktion insbesondere bei lokal begrenzten Tumoren immer erwogen werden. Im Hinblick auf das onkologische Outcome ergibt sich kein Nachteil. Der Vorteil der Radikalen Tumornephrektomie bleibt den fortgeschrittenen Tumorstadien vorbehalten. N2 - Background: Actually, the surgical resection of Renal Cell Carcinoma seems to be the only therapeutic opportunity of curative treatment. An increasing number of patients with T1N0M0 stage are treated by nephron sparing surgery in order to achieve a maximum of renal parenchymal preservation. Methods: In our analysis we retrospectively compared 155 patients with T1-Renal cell carcinoma. We either performed a nephron sparing surgery or radical nephrectomy. These patients were treated in the department of urology, Julius-Maximilians-university of Würzburg, from 1997-2002. A complete Follow up was necessary for participance. Additionally, we analysed elective versus imperative indications for nephron sparing patients. We focused on tumor survival rate, renal function and perioperative complications. Results: We found significant differences in comparison of postoperative renal function, which was higher in the nephron sparing group. In contrast to this result, we found a higher rate of blood transfusions and perioperative complications. Tumorassociated all over survival rate for nephron sparing patients was 92,96% and for radical nephrectomy patients 91,76%. The oncological outcome seemed to be similar. Conclusions: In conclusion to our results, nephron sparing surgery should be discussed for all patients with localized renal cell carcinoma in order to preservate renal parenchyma. There is no oncological disadvantage for these patients, the advantage of radical nephrectomy seems to be in progressed stages of renal cell carcinoma. KW - Nierentumor KW - Nierenkrebs KW - Nephrektomie KW - Teilresektion KW - Organerhalt KW - Nierenfunktion KW - Renal cell carcinoma KW - radical nephrectomy KW - nephron sparing surgery Y1 - 2008 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-35657 ER -