cases consist of renal cell carcinomas (RCCs), which are genetically and histologically distinct from cancers of the renal pelvis. An increased understanding of RCC biology coupled with new clinical trials data have resulted in the availability of
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Gary R. Hudes, Michael A. Carducci, Toni K. Choueiri, Peg Esper, Eric Jonasch, Rashmi Kumar, Kim A. Margolin, M. Dror Michaelson, Robert J. Motzer, Roberto Pili, Susan Roethke, and Sandy Srinivas
Elizabeth R. Plimack and Gary R. Hudes
metastatic clear cell RCC Describe second-line management of patients with metastatic clear cell RCC I n the past 5 years, 6 new agents were approved for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma (RCC). These can be broadly categorized into 2 groups: vascular
Philip J. Saylor and M. Dror Michaelson
Petrylak D Thompson S . Cytotoxic chemotherapy for advanced renal cell carcinoma . Urol Clin North Am 1993 ; 20 : 303 – 321 . 3 Atkins MB Regan M McDermott D . Update on the role of interleukin 2 and other cytokines in the treatment of
David Y. T. Chen and Robert G. Uzzo
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: casting doubt on the efficacy of early intervention . Urology 2001 ; 57 : 1013 – 1015 . 3 Hollenbeck BK Taub DA Miller DC . National utilization trends of partial nephrectomy for renal cell carcinoma: a case of underutilization? Urology
Robert Torrey, Philippe E. Spiess, Sumanta K. Pal, and David Josephson
Historically, renal cell carcinoma (RCC) has been a formidable cancer with limited responses to both radiation and systemic management. Currently, surgery offers the only real chance of cure for patients with cancer localized to the kidney and
Ritesh R. Kotecha, Ronan Flippot, Taylor Nortman, Annalisa Guida, Sujata Patil, Bernard Escudier, Robert J. Motzer, Laurence Albiges, and Martin H. Voss
Background Brain metastases are a critical site of disease progression in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). Large institutional and population-based studies estimate the incidence of brain metastasis to be 5% to 20%, 1
Kelly N. Fitzgerald and Chung-Han Lee
Background Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the eighth most common malignancy in the United States; in 2020 alone, approximately 74,000 new cases of RCC were diagnosed and approximately 15,000 deaths were reported. 1 Historically, treatment
Eric Jonasch and Robert J. Motzer
In the past 10 years, much has changed in the management of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC; Figure 1 ). The treatment of early-stage disease has become less morbid, with the widespread adoption of robotic surgical techniques and the increased
Carlotta Palumbo, Francesco A. Mistretta, Sophie Knipper, Angela Pecoraro, Zhe Tian, Shahrokh F. Shariat, Fred Saad, Claudio Simeone, Alberto Briganti, Alessandro Antonelli, and Pierre I. Karakiewicz
-up have a higher probability of remaining disease-free. 1 However, the magnitude of improved survival is difficult to estimate. Two studies 2 , 3 address cancer-specific CS in patients with nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma (nmRCC): one is a population
Pablo Maroto, Georgia Anguera, Juan Maria Roldan-Romero, Maria Apellániz-Ruiz, Ferran Algaba, Jacqueline Boonman, Mark Nellist, Cristina Montero-Conde, Alberto Cascón, Mercedes Robledo, and Cristina Rodríguez-Antona
Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma (chRCC) is the third most frequent kidney cancer histologic subtype, accounting for approximately 5% of all RCC cases. At diagnosis, chRCC is generally confined to the kidney but can metastasize. At advanced stages
