Table 1. Patients' characteristics.
| Characteristics | All patients |
|---|---|
| Entered | 22 |
| Age (years) | |
| Median | 64 |
| Range | 45–74 |
| Sex | |
| Male | 16 |
| Female | 6 |
| Pretreatment | |
| Tumour nephrectomy | 22 |
| Radiotherapy | 5 |
| Chemoimmunotherapy | 1 |
| Tumour vaccine | 1 |
| Metastatic sites | |
| Lung | 15 |
| Lymph nodes | 7 |
| Bone | 3 |
| Liver | 3 |
| CNS | 0 |
| Othersa | 9 |
| Treatment response | |
| CR | 4 |
| PR | 5 |
| SD | 9 |
| PD | 4 |
CR=complete responder; PR=partial responder; SD=patient with stable disease; PD=patient with progressive disease.
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Including local relapse, contralateral kidney, adrenals, and pleura.