Question: statistics for surviving kidney cancer? what are the statistics for surviving cancer of the kidneys? like what percent survive and what percent don't? thanks.
Answer: For Renal Cell Carcinomas (RCC) in the United States:
RCC accounts for approximately 2% of adult malignancies.
38,890 new cases and 12,840 deaths in the United States in 2006.
Mortality/Morbidity
The prognosis of patients with RCC depends on its stage at diagnosis.
* The prognosis is worst for patients with metastatic disease at presentation and best for patients with small masses confined to the kidney.
* The size of the primary lesion also affects the prognosis because larger lesions tend to be higher grade and metastasize more frequently. Poorly marginated or necrotic lesions also tend to be of higher grade.
* If resection is attempted, the 5- and 10-year survival rates for stage T1 cancers are 95% and 91%, respectively. For T2 cancers, the 5- and 10-year survival rates are 80% and 70%, respectively.
Unresectable RCCs are associated with a 5-year survival rate of less than 20%.
TNM (Tumor, Node, Metastases) classification, as follows:
* Stage 1 RCCs are 7 cm or smaller and confined to the kidney.
* Stage 2 RCCs are larger than 7 cm but still organ confined.
* Stage 3 tumors extend into the renal vein or vena cava, involve the ipsilateral adrenal gland and/or perinephric fat, or have spread to one local lymph node.
* Stage 4 tumors extend beyond the Gerota fascia, to more than one local node or have distant metastases.
