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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Dec 7.
Published in final edited form as: Hum Pathol. 2008 Jun 5;39(8):1176–1184. doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.12.009

Table 1.

Comparison of clinical and pathologic features by VA of survivin expression for 310 patients with ccRCC

Feature Survivin-positive tumor cells/mm2 P value

<15 Low expression
n = 205
≥15 High expression
n = 105


n (%)
Age at surgery (y)
 <65 109 (53.2) 46 (43.8) .119
 ≥65 96 (46.8) 59 (56.2)
Sex
 Female 78 (38.0) 47 (44.8) .254
 Male 127 (62.0) 58 (55.2)
Symptoms at presentation
 No 77 (37.6) 28 (26.7) .055
 Yes 128 (62.4) 77 (73.3)
Constitutional symptoms at presentation
 No 161 (78.5) 64 (61.0) .001
 Yes 44 (21.5) 41 (39.0)
ECOG performance status
 0 183 (89.3) 97 (92.4) .380
 ≥1 22 (10.7) 8 (7.6)
Tumor thrombus
 None 173 (84.4) 66 (62.9) <.001
 Level 0 20 (9.8) 23 (21.9)
 Level I-IV 12 (5.8) 16 (15.2)
Type of surgery
 Nephron-sparing surgery 31 (15.1) 11 (10.5) .258
 Radical nephrectomy 174 (84.9) 94 (89.5)
Primary tumor size(cm)
 <5 95 (46.3) 28 (26.7) .002
 5 to <7 46 (22.4) 22 (21.0)
 7 to <10 31 (15.1) 27 (25.7)
 ≥10 33 (16.1) 28 (26.7)
2002 Primary tumor classification
 pT1a 77 (37.6) 19 (18.1) <.001
 pT1b 65 (31.7) 29 (27.6)
 pT2 19 (9.3) 9 (8.6)
 pT3a 11 (5.4) 9 (8.6)
 pT3b 27 (13.2) 36 (34.3)
 pT3c 4 (2.0) 2 (1.9)
 pT4 2 (1.0) 1 (1.0)
Perinephric fat invasion
 No 175 (85.4) 75 (71.4) .003
 Yes 30 (14.6) 30 (28.6)
Regional lymph node involvement
 pNX and pN0 200 (97.6) 96 (91.4) .020
 pN1 and pN2 5 (2.4) 9 (8.6)
Distant metastases
 pM0 193 (94.2) 88 (83.8) .003
 pM1 12 (5.8) 17 (16.2)
2002 TNM stage groupings
 I 137 (66.8) 46 (43.8) <.001
 II 18 (8.8) 3 (2.9)
 III 35 (17.1) 36 (34.3)
Nuclear grade
 1 34 (16.6) 3 (2.9) <.001
 2 114 (55.6) 32 (30.5)
 3 52 (25.4) 43 (41.0)
 4 5 (2.4) 27 (25.7)
Coagulative tumor necrosis
 No 174 (84.9) 43 (41.0) <.001
 Yes 31 (15.1) 62 (59.0)
Sarcomatoid differentiation
 No 202 (98.5) 90 (85.7) <.001
 Yes 3 (1.5) 15 (14.3)