Kidney Cancer

Dialysis Population Has Excess Cancer Mortality

Publish Date June 21, 2022

Patients on dialysis die from cancer at twice the rate as those of the same age and sex in the general population, a study found.

Imaging Response to Immunotherapy Combination Therapies in mRCC

Publish Date June 21, 2022

Investigators report findings from the largest analysis characterizing objective imaging response among patients with mRCC treated in routine clinical practice.

Adjuvant Everolimus Appears Beneficial in Very High-Risk Kidney Cancer

Publish Date June 8, 2022

Everolimus improved recurrence-free survival in patients with very high-risk disease but not in those with intermediate high-risk disease.

Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors May Aggravate Proteinuria in mRCC

Publish Date June 1, 2022

In a study of patients with mRCC, both TKI and PD-1 inhibitors displayed significant nephrotoxicity.

HRQOL Data Support First-Line Lenvatinib-Pembrolizumab in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma

Publish Date May 23, 2022

The median time to definitive deterioration was longer with lenvatinib-pembrolizumab than with sunitinib.

Guideline Updated for Use of Radiation for Brain Metastases

Publish Date May 20, 2022

Updated guideline discusses advanced radiation therapy techniques and places emphasis on multidisciplinary care

Robotic Partial Nephrectomy Outcomes Worse When PSMs Are Present

Publish Date May 17, 2022

Positive surgical margins in patients undergoing robotic partial nephrectomy for renal tumors are associated with adverse oncologic outcomes, a study revealed.

Neoadjuvant Axitinib May Enable Partial Nephrectomy in Complex Renal Tumors

Publish Date May 16, 2022

An interim analysis suggests that axitinib given to patients with complex clear cell renal cell carcinoma tumors significantly reduces tumor size and complexity.

Morbid Obesity Ups Odds of Multiple Urologic Conditions

Publish Date May 14, 2022

Efforts to reduce obesity may cut the prevalence of these urological conditions.

Black vs White Race Tied to Worse Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma

Publish Date May 14, 2022

While socioeconomic disparities are evident, survival differences between racial groups persist after RCC diagnosis.