Table 5.
Survival of Patients With Stage T1 Unilateral Renal Carcinoma and Normal Opposite Kidney, Stratified by Tumor Size After Partial or Radical Nephrectomy
| Partial nephrectomy | Radical nephrectomy | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Size/cm | N | Tumor recurrence | Death | Months | N | Tumor recurrence | Death | Months |
| <2.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
| 2.5–4 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 45 |
| 4–7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 35 |
N, number of patients; death, death of cancer; months, months of follow-up.