Table 2. Characteristics of Swedish patients diagnosed with RCC and mRCC by period of diagnosis.
| |
RCC population |
mRCC population |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | 2000–2005 (n=5197) | 2006–2008 (n=2812) | 2002–2005 (n=1536) | 2006–2008 (n=1217) |
| Mean (s.d.) age, years |
71 (11) |
69 (12) |
69 (10) |
70 (11) |
| Male/female, % |
60/40 |
60/40 |
61/39 |
62/38 |
|
T stage, % reported cases | ||||
| T0 | <1 | <1 | — | — |
| T1 | 44 | 49 | — | — |
| T2 | 22 | 19 | — | — |
| T3 | 26 | 26 | — | — |
| T4 | 5 | 3 | — | — |
| Ta | 0 | <1 | — | — |
| Tx |
3 |
3 |
— |
— |
| Previous nephrectomy, % |
72 |
78 |
54 |
66 |
| Deaths, % |
60 |
37 |
88 |
76 |
|
Institution size, % | ||||
| Percentage of Large | 37 | 35 | 42 | 35 |
| Small |
63 |
65 |
58 |
65 |
|
Region of Sweden, % | ||||
| South | 18 | 19 | 17 | 18 |
| Mid/central | 23 | 23 | 21 | 22 |
| Stockholm | 18 | 17 | 21 | 18 |
| East | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| North | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| West | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
Abbreviation: mRCC=metastatic renal cell carcinoma.