Increasing trends in kidney cancer over the last 2 decades in Saudi Arabia

Authors

• Sultan S. Alkhateeb, From Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guards Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Jawaher M. Alkhateeb, From Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guards Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Eman A. Alrashidi, From Department of Surgery, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guards Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Objectives: To examine the trends of kidney cancer over the last 2 decades in a subset of a Saudi Arabian population. Methods: We conducted a retrospective study in a tertiary care center including all adult patients with primary kidney cancer who presented and were managed between 1990 and 2010. The time period was split into 4 quartiles, and variables tested and compared using chi-square, T-test, and Kaplan-Meier curves for survival. Results: The total was 215 patients with a mean age of 57.8 years. There was an increase in the number of kidney cancer cases over the last 2 decades. There was no significant difference in the mode of presentation or stage distribution between quartiles. A significant change was observed in the management towards minimally invasive and nephron-sparing surgeries ( p <0.001). There was no change in recurrence-free and disease-specific survival over the last 20 years. Conclusions: There have been an increasing number of kidney cancer patients over the last 2 decades with no observed migration towards more incidental and low stage tumors as compared with developed countries.

Article Type

Research Article

First Page

698

Last Page

703

Recommended Citation

Alkhateeb, Sultan S.; Alkhateeb, Jawaher M.; and Alrashidi, Eman A. (2015) "Increasing trends in kidney cancer over the last 2 decades in Saudi Arabia," Saudi Medical Journal: Vol. 36: Iss. 6, Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.6.10841