Table 2.
Surgical therapies for early-stage kidney cancer, by year of diagnosis and Charlson Index (CI) strata*
| 1997–1999 | 2000–2002† | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LPN n (%) |
OPN n (%) |
LRN n (%) |
ORN n (%) |
LPN n (%) |
OPN n (%) |
LRN n (%) |
ORN n (%) |
|
| CI = 0 | <5 | 78 (8.0) | 27 (2.8) | 871 (89.2) | 22 (1.0) | 259 (11.4) | 292 (12.8) | 1,702 (74.8) |
| CI = 1 | <5 | 23 (6.5) | 8 (2.3) | 320 (90.9) | 10 (1.0) | 114 (11.5) | 112 (11.3) | 754 (76.2) |
| CI ≥ 2 | <5 | 17 (7.5) | 4 (1.8) | 206 (90.7) | 10 (1.5) | 77 (11.6) | 72 (10.9) | 504 (76.0) |
*
p > 0.20 (Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel χ2 test)
†
Includes a small number of cases diagnosed in late 2002, surgery for whom was not performed until 2003.