Kidney Cancer

Patients with inoperable kidney cancer saw significant results in local control and cancer-specific survival with stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy.

Subcutaneous administration of Opdivo, could increase efficiency and reduce wait times for patients, as one expert explains to CURE®.

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Researchers have determined distinguishing characteristics of TFE3-rearranged renal cell carcinoma.

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Welireg outperformed Afinitor in time to disease progression and patient-reported quality of life in the treatment of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Real-world data demonstrated that knowing a patient’s stage and subtype of renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, may provide cancer teams with the information needed to determine potential prognosis and recurrence risk.

Patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma had improved overall survival when treated with adjuvant Keytruda compared to placebo.

Opdivo failed to improve disease-free survival in patients with localized renal cell carcinoma at high risk of relapse, according to findings from CheckMate 914.

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Treatment with Welireg — now approved by the FDA — helped shrink and stabilize tumors from metastatic renal cell carcinoma with minimal side effects, a patient told CURE®.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved Welireg for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, following treatment with a PD-1 or PD-L1 inhibitor and a VEGF-TKI.

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The Welireg-Cabometyx treatment combination demonstrated anti-tumor activity for some patients with clear cell renal carcinoma, according to a phase 2 trial.

Patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma treated with zanzalintinib had experienced promising antitumor activity with manageable toxicity regardless of prior treatment with cabozantinib.

Researchers continue to investigate novel immunotherapy drugs for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma.

Although research has delved into the potential link between clonal hematopoiesis and heart-related events such as heart attacks and strokes in patients with kidney cancer, more research is needed to further understand this association.

Circulating tumor DNA — which is observed via blood test — may be helpful in determining which patients with kidney cancer need more intense treatment and who can have their therapies deescalated.

While translocation renal cell carcinoma tends to respond well to immunotherapy, there is still a need for more investigation into targeted therapies for this patient population.

Welireg led to improved time to progression and objective response rates compared to Afinitor for patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, according to study findings.

Patients with intermediate- or poor-risk clear-cell metastatic renal cell carcinoma saw improved response rates with Opdivo with or without Yervoy.

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The FDA granted Welireg a priority review after it showed promising outcomes for patients with pretreated advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Treatment with Welireg significantly improved progression-free survival rates in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common type of kidney cancer.

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Patients with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma who received corticosteroids during Opdivo treatment did not experience a negative impact on survival.