Renal Cell Carcinoma Lung Metastases Surgery: Pathologic Findings and Prognostic Factors Jalal Assouad, MD, Boriana Petkova, MD, Pascal Berna, MD, Antoine Dujon, MD, Christophe Foucault, MD, Marc Riquet, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 84, Issue 4, Pages 1114-1120 (October 2007) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.118 Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Survival and lung metastases size. Curve 1 is lung metastases less than 20 mm, median, 54 months (n = 37); curve 2 is lung metastases greater than 20.01 mm, median, 22 months (n = 28). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1114-1120DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.118) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Survival and lung metastases lymph node involvement. Curve 1 is no involvement, median, 37 months (n = 52); curve 2 is lymph node involvement, median, 14 months (n = 13). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1114-1120DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.118) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Lung metastases lymph node involvement and corresponding renal cell carcinoma pT. (a) Bilateral lung metastases. (b) Lung metastases and other organ metastasis. (c) Unilateral lung metastases. (DFI = disease-free interval; 5 = subaortic lymph node; 4R and 4L = right and left paratracheal lymph node; N1, N2 = hilar and mediastinal lymph node involvement; 9 = pulmonary ligament lymph node; 7 = subcarinal lymph node; T1a, T1b, T2, T3a, T3b = renal cell carcinoma TNM classification [15]; 3a = phrenic lymph node.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2007 84, 1114-1120DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.04.118) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions