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ArticleTranslational andrology and urology2020

Development and internal validation of nomograms for the prediction of postoperative survival of patients with grade 4 renal cell carcinoma (RCC).

Jun Zhu, Zhifu Liu, Zhongyuan Zhang, Yu Fan, Yuke Chen, Zhisong He, Liqun Zhou, Jie Jin, Cheng Shen, Wei Yu

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Jun ZhuDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhifu LiuDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhongyuan ZhangDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yu FanDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yuke ChenDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhisong HeDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Liqun ZhouDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jie JinDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Cheng ShenDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Wei YuDepartment of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
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backgroundTo develop successful prognostic models for grade 4 renal cell carcinoma (RCC) following partial nephrectomy and radical nephrectomy.

methodsThe nomograms were established based on a retrospective study of 135 patients who underwent partial and radical nephrectomy for grade 4 RCC at the Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital from January 2013 to October 2018. The predictive performance of the nomograms was assessed by the calibration plot and C-index. The results were validated using bootstrap resampling.

resultsAspartate transaminase (AST), the maximum diameter of tumor (cutoff value =7 cm), lymph node metastasis, and the International Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Database Consortium (IMDC) risk group were independent factors for determining the overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) in multivariate analysis. AST, the maximum diameter of the tumor (cutoff value =7 cm), and lymph node metastasis were found to be independent variables for progression-free survival (PFS) in multivariate analysis. These variables were used for the studies to establish nomograms. All calibration plots revealed excellent predictive accuracy of the models. The C-indexes of the nomograms for predicting OS, CSS and PFS were 0.729 (95% CI, 0.659-0.799), 0.725 (95% CI, 0.654-0.796) and 0.702 (95% CI, 0.626-0.778), respectively. Moreover, the recurrence rate was not associated with open or laparoscopic radical nephrectomy in our cohort (P=0.126).

conclusionsWe have developed easy-to-use models that are internally validated to predict postoperative 1-, 3-, and 5-year OS, CSS, and PFS rates of grade 4 RCC patients. The new models could aid in identifying high-risk patients, making postoperative therapeutic and follow-up strategies as well as predicting patients' survival after externally validated. Besides, our study shows that the recurrence rate is not associated with open or laparoscopic radical nephrectomy.

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Carcinomanomogramsprognosisrenal cellsurvival analysis

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