[Renal cell carcinoma before the age of 40: prognostic factors].

Objective: To study the prognostic value of tumour diameter, TNM stage, Führman's nuclear grade and CD44 adhesion molecule expression in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) before the age of 40 years.

Material And Methods: Nineteen patients under the age of 40 (12 males and 7 females; mean age 30.8 years), undergoing total nephrectomy for RCC were included in this study.