肾细胞癌是泌尿系常见的肿瘤，它趋于球形，其大小经放射学检查及病理学检查易于测定。但有关肾细胞癌大小、分期及存活串关系的文献报导较少。为明确三者之间的关系，美国癌症协会伊利诺斯区对1975年至1985年408例肾癌息者进行回顾，从中选出2473例（65.5％），经组织学检查确诊为肾细胞 Renal cell carcinoma is a common urological tumor, it tends to be spherical, its size by radiological examination and pathological examination easy to determine. However, the literature about the relationship between size, stage and survival of renal cell carcinoma is rare. To clarify the relationship between the three, the Illinois District Cancer Society from 408 patients with renal cancer from 1975 to 1985 were reviewed, selected from 2473 cases (65.5%), histologically confirmed renal cells