Objective:To investigate the long-term adverse effects of sorafenib on patients suffering from renal cell carcinoma(RCC) and to evaluate its predictive effects on survival time of patients with RCC. Methods:The occurrence,grading and prognosis of adverse effects of 25 advanced RCC patients treated by sorafenib were recorded and their predictive effects on survival time of patients were evaluated by Kaplan-Meier estimator. Results:According to 6-59 months’ follow-up;median follow-up of 23.8 months with 25 advanced RCC patients,the adverse effects appeared in 1-8 weeks;medium follow-up of 3 weeks. The common adverse reactions were hypertension(48%),anemia(36%),fatigue(44%),diarrhea(40%),skin rash(40%),and PPE(56%). The relatively rare adverse reactions were mostly between level Ⅰ and level Ⅱ,including weight loss,nausea,anorexia,pain,and hair loss,etc. After the symp-tomatic treatment,the symptoms of 76% patients were partly relieved or disappeared,median relieving period of 20 weeks,20% pa-tients got relatively mild adverse reaction while 4% patients got relatively severe adverse reaction. The adverse effects were relieved after reducing medicine dose. The overall survival and progression-free survival of patients with hypertension were significantly shorter than those without hypertension(P=0.005;PFS:P=0.049). Conclusion:The adverse effect appears at early period of patients with advanced RCC when taking sorafenib and most adverse effects are acceptable in long-term medicating for patients. Hypertension might have a predictive effect on survival period of patients.