Research Article

Initial Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Radiologic Assessment for Renal Mass Edge Detection as an Indication of Tumor Roughness to Predict Renal Cancer Subtypes

Table 1

Demographics by tumor subtype.

Renal cancer subtypeBenign cystOncocytomaChromophobeClear cellPapillary value

Number of patients (N)122157
Age6045 (42–45)54 (51–54)56 (42–66)57 (51–63)0.9
Body mass index24.926.3 (24.1–26.3)31.8 (31.3–31.8)30.1 (27.3–31.6)32.01 (29.9–40.7)0.05
Race/ethnicity (white %)1/1 (100%)1/2 (50%)0/2 (0%)9/15 (60%)5/7 (71%)0.4
Biologic gender (male %)0/1 (0%)1/2 (50%)2/2(100%)15/15 (100%)7/7 (100%)0.001
Tumor size (cm)1.85.3 (4.0–5.3)4.45 (4.4–4.45)2.3 (1.5–3.8)2.5 (2.0–2.7)0.01
Tumor stage (stage 3)0/1 (0%)0/2 (0%)0/2 (0%)1/15 (7%)0/7 (0%)0.3
Tumor surface roughness1.181.16 (1.12–1.16)1.27 (1.21–1.27)1.52 (1.38–1.55)1.56 (1.43–1.66)0.004