
Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, summarizes recent advances in metastatic RCC and looks towards the future of the field.

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Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, summarizes recent advances in metastatic RCC and looks towards the future of the field.

Arnab Basu, MD, MPH, FACP, weighs in on novel therapeutic targets and emerging regimens that may further improve kidney cancer outcomes.

In an OncView™ program, David H. Aggen, MD, PhD, Robert S. Alter, MD, Arnab Basu, MD, MPH, FACP, Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, and Chung-Han Lee, MD, MPH, offer their expert insights for the treatment of RCC.

Robert Alter, MD, comments on the importance of team-based care and frequent, timely communication in managing patients with RCC.

David Aggen, MD, PhD, identifies dosing strategies that may maximize treatment efficacy while minimizing toxicity in patients with kidney cancer.

Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, delves into clinical and logistical factors that influence patient-focused, shared-decision making for those with metastatic RCC.

Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, reviews patient-specific factors such as comorbidities, RCC histology, and metastatic status that may factor into treatment decision-making.

Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, provides a commentary on strategies for preventing and managing treatment-related adverse events in metastatic RCC.

David Aggen, MD, PhD, describes the challenges of balancing treatment efficacy versus toxicity and tolerability in patients with kidney cancer.

Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, provides an overview of commonly observed adverse events in patients with metastatic RCC receiving single-agent or combination therapy.

David Aggen, MD, PhD, reviews data from the CLEAR trial, which assessed the safety and efficacy of lenvatinib/pembrolizumab versus sunitinib.

Robert Alter, MD, reviews the CheckMate 9ER trial of cabozantinib/nivolumab versus sunitinib in advanced renal cell cancer.

Arnab Basu, MD, MPH, FACP discusses data from the KEYNOTE-426 trial of axitinib/pembrolizumab versus sunitinib in metastatic RCC.

Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD, discusses data from the JAVELIN Renal 101 trial of axitinib/avelumab versus sunitinib in metastatic RCC.

Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD, summarizes data from the CheckMate 214 trial on the safety and efficacy of ipilimumab/nivolumab versus sunitinib.

David Aggen, MD, PhD identifies patient populations who may benefit from single-agent therapy and reviews NCCN recommendations for first-line treatment of metastatic clear cell RCC.

Robert Alter, MD, weighs in on the evolution of combination therapy as the first-line standard of care for patients with metastatic clear cell RCC.

David Aggen, MD, PhD touches on the availability of newer first-line combination treatment options for metastatic disease.

Robert Alter, MD compares older, single-agent first line therapies for patients with metastatic clear cell RCC.

Arnab Basu, MD, MPH, FACP provides an overview of RCC histologies.

Published: April 20th 2022 | Updated: