Research Article
Cancer Characteristics and Current Treatments of Patients with Renal Cell Carcinoma in Sweden
Table 1
Patient and cancer characteristics in patients with RCC registered in the NSKCR from 2005 to 2013.
| | | | Number of patients (%) |
| | Total number of patients | | 8556 (100%) |
| | Gender | Male | 5256 (61%) | | Female | 3300 (39%) |
| | Age at diagnosis | Median 67 yrs
(Range 23–105 yrs) | |
| | Stage | T0 | 3 (0%) | | T1a | 2511 (29%) | | T1b | 2007 (23%) | | T2 | 1506 (18%) | | T3 | 2017 (24%) | | T4 | 287 (3%) | | Tx | 213 (2%) | | Missing data | 12 (0%) |
| | Fuhrman grade | G1 | 926 (12%) | | G2 | 3496 (44%) | | G3 | 2072 (26%) | | G4 | 705 (9%) | | GX |
657 (8%) | | Missing data | 178 (2%) |
| | Histopathology | Clear cell | 6298 (78%) | | Papillary | 957 (12%) | | Chromophobe | 399 (5%) | | Collecting duct | 33 (0.4%) | | Not possible to classify | 156 (2%) | | Other kidney cancers | 147 (2%) | | Missing data | 44 (1%) |
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Data on histopathology was not available in 522 patients.
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