Application of simplified Fuhrman grading system in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

Sung K. Hong, Chang W. Jeong, Ji H. Park, Hyung S. Kim, Cheol Kwak, Gheeyoung Choe, Hyeon H. Kim, Sang E. Lee

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE To investigate the efficacy of simplified (two- or three-tiered) Fuhrman grading systems as prognostic indicators in clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC). PATIENTS AND METHODS By reviewing records, various clinicopathological factors were assessed in 431 patients who received surgical management for clear-cell RCC. A conventional four-tiered Fuhrman grading system was compared with a modified two-tiered grading system (Fuhrman grades I and II were combined as one class, and grades III and IV as another) and also with a three-tiered grading system (only grades I and II were combined). Efficacies of grading systems were assessed via univariate analyses and multivariate models for prediction of cancer-specific survival. RESULTS In univariate analysis, the four-tiered and three-tiered grading systems showed similar accuracies (76.5 vs 76.2%, P = 0.614) for predicting cancer-specific survival, which were greater than that of the two-tiered system (72.5%; both P < 0.05). Of the three grading systems, only the three-tiered system was an independent predictor of cancer-specific survival in multivariate analysis (P = 0.046). When receiver operating characteristic-derived areas under the curve (AUCs) of multivariate models for predicting cancer-specific survivals were assessed, AUCs for models including the three-tiered Fuhrman grading system and the conventional four-tiered Fuhrman grading system were the same (95.3%), followed by that of a model incorporating the two-tiered grading system (95.1%). CONCLUSION A modified, three-tiered Fuhrman grading system can be considered an appropriate option in the application of a nuclear grading system to the prognostication of clear-cell RCC in both univariate analysis and multivariate model setting.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)409-415
Number of pages7
JournalBJU International
Volume107
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2011

Keywords

  • Fuhrman grading system
  • kidney
  • RCC

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