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Stage Clear cell carcinoma Papillary carcinoma<br />
Adenoma Loss of 3p Loss of Y chromosome<br />
Partial trisomy of 5q Trisomy of 7, 17<br />
Loss of Y chromosome Gain of 3p<br />
Gain of 7, 12, 16, 17, 20<br />
Carcinoma p53 mutations Loss of 6q, 9, 11, 14q, 17/17p, 21<br />
Loss of 8, 9, 13, 14, 6q, 10q,<br />
18q, 11, 17/17p Gain of 8, 20<br />
Gain of 12, 20 Loss of MET function<br />
Loss of VHL function<br />
Metastatic tumours Excess of minichromosomes,<br />
comprising 7q31 containing<br />
the MET oncogene<br />
Table 5.15 Genetic alterations in renal cell carcinoma.<br />
ciated with structural alterations of the<br />
short arm of chromosome 3 and with VHL<br />
gene mutations [1,11].<br />
Wilms tumour of the kidney occurs in<br />
both sporadic and familial forms. It has a<br />
specific syndrome associated with abnormalities<br />
including aniridia (absence of the<br />
iris), hemihypertrophy (overgrowth of one<br />
half of the body or a body part), and cryptorchidism<br />
(failure of the testes to<br />
descend into the scrotum). A number of<br />
loci involved in the development of Wilms<br />
tumour have been characterized, key<br />
amongst these being WT1, a tumour suppressor<br />
gene located on chromosome<br />
11p [12].<br />
Fig. 5.148 Five-year relative survival after diagnosis<br />
of kidney <strong>cancer</strong>.<br />
Management<br />
Radical nephrectomy (removal of the<br />
kidney, perinephric fat, adjacent lymph<br />
nodes and often the adrenal gland) is<br />
currently the main therapy for renal cell<br />
carcinoma. This procedure has been<br />
shown to produce better survival rates<br />
than simple nephrectomy (kidney<br />
removal only), since involvement of<br />
regional lymphatics and periaortic lymph<br />
nodes has been noted in almost 25% of<br />
patients [1]. Treatment for transitional<br />
cell carcinoma is radical nephroureterectomy,<br />
although more conservative<br />
therapy may be appropriate for<br />
smaller low-grade tumours. In patients<br />
possessing a single kidney, or in the<br />
case of bilateral simultaneous tumour,<br />
either partial nephrectomy or radical<br />
nephrectomy with dialysis and possible<br />
later transplantation is indicated [1].<br />
However, immunosuppression associated<br />
with transplantation raises the risk of<br />
potential tumour recurrence (Immunosuppression,<br />
p68).<br />
Accurate staging depends on histological<br />
evaluation of the resected tumour.<br />
Up to 30% of patients present with<br />
metastases at diagnosis or relapse following<br />
surgery. Metastatic kidney <strong>cancer</strong><br />
is extremely resistant to systemic<br />
therapy [13]. A potential reason for this<br />
is the high level of expression of the<br />
multi-drug resistance gene MDR1 which<br />
encodes P-glycoprotein (Box: Resistance<br />
to <strong>cancer</strong> chemotherapy, p285) in both<br />
normal proximal tubules and in tumour<br />
Fig. 5.146 Surgical specimen of a bisected kidney<br />
showing a large renal cell carcinoma. Much of the<br />
kidney has been replaced by tumour tissue.<br />
Fig. 5.147 Clear cell carcinoma of the kidney<br />
showing a monomorphic proliferation of distinctive<br />
tumour cells, with an abundant clear, lipidcontaining<br />
cytoplasm, arranged in a trabecular<br />
pattern.<br />
tissue [14]. Most chemotherapeutic and<br />
hormonal agents appear to show little<br />
efficacy, although there is some controversy<br />
over the efficacy of vinblastine and 5fluorouracil<br />
as single agents or in combination<br />
therapy [13,8]. In contrast, in the<br />
treatment of transitional cell carcinoma,<br />
cisplatin combination therapy seems to<br />
be effective.<br />
For the systemic treatment of metastatic<br />
kidney <strong>cancer</strong>, interferon-α and interleukin-2<br />
have been shown to elicit a<br />
modest response rate of 10-15% [8],<br />
allowing complete response in some<br />
patients and an increased survival benefit<br />
in others. Although overall survival<br />
rates are poor (Fig. 5.148), the five-year<br />
survival for patients with early stage<br />
tumours is greater than 80% [8]. The<br />
indication of renal vein/inferior vena<br />
Kidney <strong>cancer</strong><br />
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