Adjuvant Interferon Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Y. Aso, Y. Homma, Japanese Study Group of Interferon for Renal Cell Carcinoma · Aktuelle Urologie · 1996 · Heft S 1 · S. 9-12
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Summary: The efficacy of adjuvant interferon therapy in radical nephrectomy is quite controversial. The author's group randomized 342 cases with histologically proven renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in Robson stages I and II into the adjuvant interferon group (group A) and the no-adjuvant group (group B) by the envelope method. The result showed no difference in recurrence free rates between the groups. Probably because of violation of the envelope method, there was a significant background difference especially in tumor size and pT. Therefore, multiple regression analysis following the Cox model was performed. The t…