Marital status and gender affect stage, tumor grade, treatment type and cancer specific mortality in T1-2 N0 M0 renal cell carcinoma.

Male patients are at higher risk of less favorable baseline characteristics. Additionally, male, widowed and separated/divorced patients exhibit worse cancer control outcomes after treatment for T1-2 N0 M0 RCC. These observations indicate the need of more focused attention to those patients prior to, as well as after treatment for localized RCC.