Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics
| Palliative group, n=44 | Perioperative group, n=30 | |
| Median age, year (range) | 64 (44–81) | 68 (43–85) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 36 (82%) | 10 (33%) |
| Female | 8 (18%) | 20 (67%) |
| Primary causes of renal failure | ||
| Chronic glomerulonephritis | 15 (34%) | 8 (27%) |
| Diabetic nephropathy | 11 (25%) | 6 (20%) |
| Nephrosclerosis | 6 (14%) | 1 (3%) |
| Others | 12 (27%) | 15 (50%) |
| Median duration of haemodialysis, year (range) | 8.8 (0.3–37.2) | 9.2 (0.1–27.7) |
| Primary site | ||
| Kidney | 18 | 0 |
| Lung | 9 | 0 |
| Colorectum | 7 | 6 |
| Stomach | 4 | 1 |
| Pancreas | 3 | 3 |
| Breast | 2 | 17 |
| Bladder | 1 | 3 |
| Symptoms due to cancer | ||
| Yes | 21 (48%) | 18 (60%) |
| No | 23 (52%) | 12 (40%) |
| Disease status | ||
| Resectable disease | 30 (100%) | |
| Locally advanced disease | 6 (14%) | |
| Metastatic disease | 38 (86%) | |
| ECOG performance status | ||
| 0–1 | 27 (61%) | 18 (60%) |
| ≥2 | 8 (18%) | 1 (3%) |
| Unknown | 9 (21%) | 11 (37%) |
ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.