Abstract:Purpose: Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) with venous tumor thrombus (VTT) arising from the primary tumor occurs in 4-10% of cases and is associated with advanced disease. RCC with VTT and distant metastasis represents a unique clinical entity, and provides opportunities to examine the origins and relative timing of tumor lesion emergence and to identify molecular correlates with disease state. Experimental Design: We performed genomic and evolutionary analyses on 16 RCC patients with VTT, with eight also having me… Show more
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