Larger RCC Tumors Raise Brain Metastasis Risk
Larger tumors and younger age are significantly associated with an increased risk of brain metastasis in patients with renal cell carcinoma, according to investigators.
Renal Cell Carcinoma
Kidney Failure Related to Urinary Cancers Tied to Worse Outcomes
In a study, patients with kidney failure due to urinary tract cancers had an increased mortality risk and decreased access to kidney transplantation if they had active malignancy at the start of dialysis.
Targeted Assessments May Be Needed for Some Patients With Localized Renal Cell Carcinoma
Assessments and interventions for younger and female patients with RCC may need to be targeted, as these patients may have a greater fear of disease recurrence.
Intermediate-Risk mRCC Patients Have Heterogeneous Survival Outcomes
Survival of patients with intermediate-risk metastatic renal cell carcinoma varied according to the number of IMDC or MSKCC risk factors.
CN for mRCC Does Not Up Survival in the Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Era
In a study, cytoreductive nephrectomy was not independently associated with improved survival in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Risky Business: A New Scoring System for Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
The new risk score, developed by Emory researchers, could be a useful tool for determining overall and progression-free survival after immunotherapy.
Therapeutic Advancements Have Facilitated Surgery Optimization, ASCO Officials Report
ASCO outlined advances in oncology that were the most clinically meaningful or had the biggest scientific impact from October 2018 through September 2019.
Kidney Cancer Risk Tied to Body Size in Early Life
Early life body size, including birth weight and overweight, may predict a person’s risk of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) as adults, according to investigators. “Our findings indicate that RCC may originate earlier in life than previously thought and suggest that new explorations into the mechanisms underlying these associations should be undertaken,” a team led by…
Open Radical Nephrectomy for RCC May Increase Circulating Tumor Cells
The investigators observed significantly higher postoperative CTC counts in the open radical nephrectomy group compared with the other 3 groups in the study.
Renal Function After RCC Surgery May Impact Cancer-Specific Survival
Better renal function preservation is associated with decreased cancer-specific death risk among patients who have an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) below 85 mL/min/1.73 m2 after surgery for organ-confined renal cell carcinoma, a study found.
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