A Comprehensive Study of Progressive Cytogenetic Alterations in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma and a New Model for ccRCC Tumorigenesis and Progression

Table 1

Summary of clinicopathological characteristics of ccRCC samples.

	#Samples
Studies	Current		Katte et al. 09 [14]	Beroud et al. 96 [13]	Gunawan et al. 01 [15]	Toma et al. 08 [19]	Yoshimoto et al. 07 [20]	Total
Study Size	42		246	118	118	22	26	572
Gender
M	14		170	81	60	13	21	359
F	22		76	37	58	9	5	207
Total	36		246	118	118	22	26	566
Age (years)
median	64.5		60.4	62	64	59	25	62
range	39–85		24–86	26–82	32–81	35–80	46–85	24–86
Stage
pT1a	10	pT1	121	77	49	9	19
pT1b + T2	12	pT2	25	14	12	7	2
pT3a	9	pT3	97	22	34	5	2
pT3b + T4	7	pT4	3	5	23	1	2
Total	38		246	118	118	22	25	567
Fuhrman Grade
1	3
2	12	I	29	13	42	2	2
2-3	5	II	106	61	63	15	9
3	10	III	84	33	12	5	10
3-4	8	IV	27	11	0	0	5
4	2
Total	40		246	118	117	22	26	569
Size (cm)
median	5		6.6	6.6	6.67	NA	NA	6.6
range	1.1–12.5		1–19	1–16	1.5–25	NA	NA	1–25

NA: data not available.