From: Sarcomatoid renal cell carcinoma: MRI features and their association with survival
Variable | Category | Univariate Analysis | Multivariate Analysis | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
HR (95% CI) | P value | HR (95% CI) | P value | ||
Clinicopathological findings | |||||
  Age (years) | > 60 | 0.70 (0.34–1.43) | 0.32 |  |  |
< 60 | 1 |  |  |  | |
  Gender | Male | 1.24 (0.55–2.79) | 0.61 |  |  |
Female | 1 | Â | Â | Â | |
  Ethnicity | Non-white | 0.96 (0.41–2.23) | 0.92 |  |  |
White | 1 | Â | Â | Â | |
  Tumor Size (cm) | > 10 | 2.44 (1.15–5.21) | 0.02 | 2.39 (0.90–6.37) | 0.08 |
< 10 | 1 |  | 1 |  | |
  Histologic Subtype | Others | 3.25 (1.28–8.2) | 0.01 | 9.50 (2.81–32.13) | < 0.01 |
Papillary or chromophobe | 2.01 (0.68–5.95) | 0.21 | 1.50 (0.47–4.74) | 0.49 | |
Clear cell | 1 | Â | 1 | Â | |
  Extent of Sarcomatoid differentiation | Non-focal | 3.30 (1.55–7.01) | < 0.01 |  |  |
Focal | 1 | Â | Â | Â | |
  Pathologic Stage | pT3–4 | 2.20 (0.77–6.32) | 0.13 |  |  |
pT1–2 | 1 |  |  |  | |
  Metastatic Lymph Nodes | Present | 2.10 (1.01–4.37) | 0.04 |  |  |
Absent | 1 | Â | Â | Â | |
  Baseline Status | Metastatic | 5.04 (2.4–10.59) | < 0.01 | 6.89 (2.79–16.97) | < 0.01 |
Loco-regional | 1 | Â | 1 | Â | |
MRI features | |||||
  Tumor Size (cm) | > 10 | 1.96 (0.95–4.05) | 0.07 |  |  |
< 10 | 1 |  |  |  | |
  Volume of T2LIA (mL) | > 3.2 | 4.22 (1.92–9.29) | < 0.01 | 2.51 (1.04–6.05) | 0.04 |
< 3.2 | 1 |  | 1 |  | |
  Percentage of T2LIA (%) | > 10% | 2.11 (0.80–5.53) | 0.12 |  |  |
< 10% | 1 |  |  |  | |
  Lymphadenopathy | Present | 2.24 (1.16–4.71) | 0.01 | 2.14 (1.00–4.57) | 0.05 |
Absent | 1 | Â | 1 | Â | |
  Non-Enhancing Areas | Present | 0.64 (0.24–1.69) | 0.37 |  |  |
Absent | 1 | Â | Â | Â |