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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of patients/ccRCC specimens in cohort 1 and cohort 2.

From: Piwi-Interacting RNAs (piRNAs) Are Dysregulated in Renal Cell Carcinoma and Associated with Tumor Metastasis and Cancer-Specific Survival

 

Case numbers (%)

 

Cohort 1

Cohort 2

 

(frozen)

(FFPE)

Patients/specimens

18

68

Age (mean ± SD)

62.2 ± 12.9

59.4 ± 12.9

Sex

  

Male

10 (55.6)

39 (57.4)

Female

8 (44.4)

29 (42.6)

Gradea

  

1

0

1 (1.9)

2

6 (50.0)

20 (37.7)

3

5 (41.7)

18 (34.0)

4

1 (8.3)

14 (26.4)

Stage

  

I

6 (33.3)

19 (27.9)

II

0 (0)

5 (7.4)

III

6 (33.3)

13 (19.1)

IV (primary)

0 (0)

16 (23.5)

IV (metastatic)

6 (33.3)

15 (22.1)

Sizea (cm)

5.9 ± 2.5

7.7 ± 4.3

(mean ± SD)

  
  1. aThe tumor grade and size are only applied to the primary ccRCCs.