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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2008 Apr 18;179(6):2152–2157. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.01.111

Table 2.

Tumor pathology and characteristics in entire cohort

Variable No. Pts (%)
Mean ± SD cm tumor size (range) 6.4 ± 4.4 (0.2–35)
T stage:
 T1a 231 (35.3)
 T1b 103 (15.7)
 T2 81 (12.4)
 T3a 94 (14.3)
 T3b 119 (18.2)
 T3c 5 (0.8)
 T4 22 (3.3)
AJCC stage:
 1 326 (49.8)
 2 75 (11.5)
 3 181 (27.6)
 4 73 (11.1)
Histology:
 Conventional clear cell 469 (71.6)
 Papillary 95 (14.5)
 Chromophobe 40 (6.1)
 Collecting duct Ca 5 (0.8)
 Unclassified RCC 12 (1.8)
 Unknown 34 (5.2)
Grade:
 1 69 (10.5)
 2 315 (48.1)
 3 156 (23.8)
 4 81 (12.4)
 Unknown 34 (5.2)
Sarcomatoid features 39 (5.5)
Ca in lymph nodes 48 (7.3)
Metastases at presentation:
 Present 88 (13.4)
 Absent 567 (86.6)