Renal Cell Carcinoma Clinical Roundup

News Articles

Study Supports Changing Classification of Renal Cell Carcinoma

(Medscape Medical News) July 7, 2020 - The definition of stage 4 renal cell carcinoma should be expanded to include lymph node-positive stage 3 disease, according to a new study.

Biomarker Test Highly Accurate in Detecting Early Kidney Cancer

(Dana-Farber) June 22, 2020 - A novel liquid biopsy method can detect kidney cancers with high accuracy, including small, localized tumors which are often curable but for which no early detection method exists, say scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Cryoablation Comparable to Surgery for Treating Early-stage Kidney Cancer

(RSNA) June 9, 2020 - Freezing cancer cells in early-stage kidney cancer offers similar results as surgery with lower risks of complications.

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Publications

Axitinib plus immune checkpoint inhibitor: evidence- and expert-based consensus recommendation for treatment optimisation and management of related adverse events

(British journal of cancer) - 2020-06-27

Macrophage HIF-1? is an independent prognostic indicator in kidney cancer

(Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research) - 2020-06-27

Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Prognostic Factor of Disease-Free Survival in Post-Nephrectomy High-Risk Loco-Regional RCC: Analysis of the S-TRAC Trial

(Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research) - 2020-06-18

Etiologic heterogeneity of clear-cell and papillary renal cell carcinoma in the Netherlands Cohort Study

(International journal of cancer) - 2020-07-09

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