Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Gender (%) | |
| No. men | 262 (73) |
| No. women | 99 (27) |
| Median (range) age (years) | 63 (32–85) |
| Metastasis at initial diagnosis of RCC (%) | |
| Yes | 205 (57) |
| No | 156 (43) |
| ECOG‐PS (%) | |
| 0 | 207 (57) |
| 1 | 88 (24) |
| ≥2 | 56 (16) |
| Unknown | 10 (3) |
| Prior nephrectomy (%) | 293 (81) |
| No. metastatic sites (%) | |
| 1 | 214 (59) |
| 2 | 104 (29) |
| ≥3 | 43 (12) |
| Sites of metastasis (%) | |
| Lung | 251 (70) |
| Bone | 104 (29) |
| Lymph nodes | 73 (20) |
| Liver | 43 (12) |
| Histology (%) | |
| CCRCC only | 231 (64) |
| CCRCC with sarcomatoid | 24 (7) |
| Non CCRCC | 40 (11) |
| Unknown | 66 (18) |
Unless indicated otherwise, data show the number of patients in each group with percentages given in parentheses. CCRCC, clear cell renal cell carcinoma; ECOG‐PS, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status; RCC, renal cell carcinoma.