Demography and cancer history of the treatment naïve, advanced, kidney cancer patient involved.

1Stage is indicated accrding to the 2002 TNM staging system;.2MSKCC Motzer prognostic score for advanced kidney cancer patients; it includes 5 parameters:- Karnofsky performance status - Haemoglobin levels - LDH serum levels >1.5 time the normal upper limit level;- Corrected calcium >10 mg/dL;- Absence of prior nephroctomy.If a patient meets more than 2 criteria the prognosis is POOR, if meets 1–2 criteria is INTERMEDIATE, if meets no criteria is GOOD.*Abbreviations: ID for “identity”; M for male patients; F for female patients; PAP II for the “Papillary type II” histology; CC for “Clear Cell” histology; HLRCC for “Hereditary leyomiomatosis renal cell carcinoma”; n.a. for “not applicable”.