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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunother. 2011 Jun;34(5):457–467. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0b013e31821dcba5

Table 2b.

Tumor regression at day 63 and 6 months post cryoablation.

Patients Location of two
Mets ablated
Ablation
zone
(Volume in
cm3)
Day 63
(Volume in
cm3)
6M
(Volume in
cm3)
Description
mRCC1 RUL 4.5×2.6×3.0cm
(35.1)
1.4×1.4×2.1cm
(4.1)
1.0×0.3×0.4 cm
(0.12)
New and increased pulmonary
mets and new
perihepatic, right nephrectomy site
and right parapsoas
Left costophrenic
angle
4.5×3.0×3.0cm
(36)
3.1×1.1×1.3cm
(4.43)
2.8×0.7×0.7cm
(1.37)
mRCC2 RUL 4.0×3.7×3.5cm
(51.8)
2.5×1.6×1.4cm
(5.6)
2×0.8×1.5cm
(2.4)
stable right paratracheal and
Hilar adenopathy
paratracheal mass 2.4×2.3×2.0cm
(11)
5.5×4.5×5.5cm
(136)
5.5×4.6×5.5cm
(139)
mRCC3 LLL 4.8×3.4×4.0cm
(65.3)
4.4×2.6×3.0cm
(34.3)
2.3×2.5×1.8 cm
(10.3)
Increase in left lower nodule,
left hilar and subcarinal nodes
LLL 4.2×3.1×3.1cm
(40.3)
3.7×2.2×2.5cm
(20.3)
1.5×0.8×1.0 cm
(1.2)
mRCC5 LLL 4.0×3.0×3.5cm
(42)
1.7×1.4×1.0 cm
(2.4)
resorbed Slow progression of lung mets,
increased right renal mass
RLL 3.0×4.5×3.0cm
(40.5)
2.1×3.0×2.9 cm
(18.3)
resorbed
mRCC7 RLL 4.6×3.0×4.0cm
(55.2)
2.6×1.1×2.4 cm
(6.8)
resorbed Increase in hilar node,
right lung base increased
Left costophrenic
angle
4.0×3.0×3.0cm
(36)
2.6×2.6×2.6 cm
(17.6)
1.4×1.1×1.0cm
(1.54)
mRCC8 RLL 4.8×4.2×4.0cm
(80.6)
2.6×2.1×2.1cm
(11.5)
1.1×1.6×1.2cm
(2.1)
Stable (non-ablated) nodules in
RML and RUL lung
RLL 2.6×3.7×3.0cm
(28.8)
2.7×4.3×2.1cm
(24.4)
2.6×1.7×2.1cm
(9.2)

Mets: Metastases; RUL: Right Upper Lobe; LLL: Left Lower Lobe; RLL: Right Lower Lobe; b/l: bilateral; Parenthesis show the tumor volume in cm3