Factors affecting prognosis of renal cell carcinomas.

Author analyzed the survival of 126 patients operated on because of kidney carcinomas. The data on anamnesis, laboratory results and TNM histological classification were compared with the results on "relative survival" and correlation analysis was performed. Based on these, the 12 most important criteria (with the highest correlation coefficient) were emphasized and regression equation was formed based on the TSP--Time Series Processing--Version 4 (Hall). Using this method, a numerical prognostic index can be established for the judgement of prognosis regarding certain patients.