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. 2022 Nov 25;20:369. doi: 10.1186/s12957-022-02824-7

Table 7.

Comparison of inherent aggressiveness of different Bosniak classifications

Variables Bosniak I, II, and IIF Bosniak III Bosniak IV P
No. of patients 52 194 177
No. of histologic subtyp (%) < 0.001
 ccRCC 19 (36.5) 149 (76.8) 144 (81.4)
 MCRNLMP 15 (28.8) 20 (10.3) 7 (4.0)
 pRCC 11 (21.2) 12 (6.2) 8 (4.5)
 cRCC 1 (1.9) 7 (3.6) 6 (3.4)
 Others 6 (11.5) 6 (3.1) 12 (6.8)
No. of malignant potential (%) < 0.001
 High aggressiveness 29 (55.8) 153 (78.9) 150 (84.7)
 Low aggressiveness 23 (44.2) 41 (21.1) 27 (15.3)
No. of Fuhrman grade (%) < 0.001
 I 20 (66.7) 19 (11.2) 12 (7.4)
 II 10 (33.3) 142 (83.5) 139 (85.8)
 III 0 9 (5.3) 11 (6.8)