First Line Treatment In Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer

It s also called stage iv renal cell cancer.

First line treatment in metastatic renal cell cancer.

Randomized phase ii trial of first line treatment with sorafenib versus interferon alfa 2a in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Hahn a zachary klaassen b c neeraj agarwal a benjamin haaland a john esther a xiang y. The incidence of renal cell carcinoma rcc has steadily risen over the past 10 years and accounts for 2 3 of all adult malignancies 1 metastatic rcc mrcc is associated with a poor prognosis. With the advent of targeted therapies many treatment options in the first line setting of metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma mccrcc have emerged.

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma is cancer in your kidneys that has spread to other parts of your body. A systematic review and network meta analysis author links open overlay panel andrew w. The therapeutic approach for renal cell carcinoma is guided by the probability of cure which i. The relatively rapid evolution and rate of approval for metastatic renal cell carcinoma mrcc treatments have created a degree of complexity and ambiguity to first line treatment choice.

Globally the incidence and mortality of renal cell carcinoma rcc has corresponded to 403 000 new cases and 175 000 deaths. A network meta analysis provides an approach for quantitative analysis. Historically 5 year survival was around 8 but that is rapidly improving 2 for many years the only treatment for mrcc approved by the us food and drug administration fda was high dose interleukin. Guidelines and randomized trial reports usually do not elucidate the decision criteria for the different treatment options.

J clin oncol. Treatment protocols for renal cell carcinoma are provided below including treatment of localized and advanced disease and recommendations for patients with predominantly clear cell carcinoma and those with predominantly non clear cell carcinoma. Many recent first line clinical trials for mrcc employed the international metastatic rcc database consortium criteria to aid in risk stratification of patients. To indirectly compare the efficacy and safety of first line treatments for mrcc in the intention to treat itt population and by clinical risk group.

No head to head clinical trials compare contemporary first line therapies for metastatic renal cell carcinoma mrcc. First line treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma. Ye d xuechen wang a sumanta k. This article has no abstract.

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