Renal Cell Carcinoma

Renal Cell Carcinoma News

Sunitinib Shows Promise in Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma Nearly half of 28 patients with initially unresectable primary renal cell carcinoma (RCC) could undergo nephrectomy after being treated with sunitinib, according to a new trial.
Reuters Health Information, April 24, 2012
TKIs Safe in Dialysis Patients With Metastatic Kidney Cancer Hemodialysis does not preclude use of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI) for metastatic renal cell carcinoma, a retrospective analysis suggests.
Reuters Health Information, March 30, 2012

Targeted Therapy + PET Response = Survival in Metastatic RCC Dr. Maurie Markman reviews a recent paper evaluating whether response on FDG-PET/CT correlates with improved survival in metastatic renal cell cancer patients on sunitinib therapy.
Medscape Genomic Medicine, November 8, 2011
Does Obesity Surgery Reduce Cancer Risk as Well as Weight? Commentary on a study on whether obesity surgery has an effect on obesity-related cancer risk, published December 2010 in the Annals of Surgery.
Medscape General Surgery, January 31, 2011

Targeted Therapies for Renal Cell Carcinoma
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, February 28, 2012
Microvascular Density Predicts Outcome in Renal Cell Cancer
Laboratory Investigation, January 24, 2012
Rare Metastatic Sites of Renal Cell Carcinoma
Journal of Medical Case Reports, December 12, 2011
RCC Metastasis to the Ciliary Body Responds to Radiotherapy
Journal of Medical Case Reports, November 7, 2011
Hypertension as a Biomarker of Efficacy in RCC Treatment
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, July 25, 2011