Kidney Cancer

Considerations for whether adjuvant pembrolizumab is the new standard of care for patients with renal cell carcinoma at intermediate or high risk of recurrence.

Expert panelists review a clinical scenario of renal cell carcinoma managed with adjuvant pembrolizumab postnephrectomy based on results of the KEYNOTE-564 trial.

At the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Congress® and Other Genitourinary Malignancies, Peter Humphrey, MD, PhD, spoke about how enrollment for specific trials in renal cell carcinoma may incorporate a patient’s tumor histology.

Findings from a preplanned analysis assessing 2 clinical trials of bempegaldesleukin plus nivolumab in renal cell carcinoma and bladder cancer led to a decision to end the combination’s global clinical development program and discontinue all other ongoing clinical trials.

Before closing out their discussion on intermediate-risk RCC, experts review frontline triplet combinations and possible treatment options following relapse after nivolumab-ipilimumab.

Comprehensive discussion on how to best treat patients with renal cell carcinoma and brain or bone metastasis.

Gennady Bratslavsky, MD, spoke about the role of adjuvant therapy in renal cell carcinoma at the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Congress® and Other Genitourinary Malignancies.

In this installement of Clinical Quandaries, Abigail Mateos-Soria, MD, and colleagues present a case of an 38-year-old woman who has a 3-month history of fatigue, dyspnea, significant weight loss, and severe left flank pain.

Shared insight on the adverse event profile of immunotherapy combination regimens in renal cell carcinoma, including advice on when it is appropriate to discontinue therapy.

Expert perspectives on the clinical scenario of a patient with intermediate-risk renal cell carcinoma, who is managed with the immunotherapy combination of ipilimumab and nivolumab.

At the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Congress® and Other Genitourinary Malignancies, Peter Humphrey, MD, PhD, spoke about how the conference catered to the multidisciplinary audience, and what he learned from that.

A look at the factors considered in choosing an appropriate combination treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma.

Drs Rana McKay and Tom Powles debate the merits of different first-line combination treatment regimens for renal cell carcinoma.

A brief discussion on available treatment options after patients progress following frontline TKI/IO therapy with favorable-risk renal cell carcinoma.

A comprehensive review of the adverse event profiles of TKI/IO regimens used in favorable-risk renal cell carcinoma and how these can be managed with dose adjustment.

Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD, and Scott Tykodi, MD, PhD, discuss their takeaways from the CLEAR trial and how risk category stratification affected the study.

Brian Shimkus, MD, shares his opinion of data on lenvatinib and pembrolizumab from the CLEAR trial.

Chung-Han Lee, MD, PhD discusses how genetic mutations inform patient prognosis and decision-making for patients with kidney cancer.

Robert Alter, MD opines on the current prognostic value of biomarkers for RCC and the need for additional data in the field.

Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD weighs in on various biomarker testing methodologies, sample considerations, and emerging data on novel biomarkers.

David Aggen, MD, PhD reviews how he currently approaches biomarker testing in patients with RCC.

Mehmet Asim Bilen, MD comments on the prognosis of patients with metastatic RCC and how recent advances have improved outcomes.

Robert Alter, MD comments on the use of prognostic models for determining risk status and informing treatment options in patients with RCC.

Laurence Albigès, MD, PhD, discusses how immunotherapy combinations have affected the treatment landscape for previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Laurence Albigès, MD, PhD, spotlighted 2-year follow-up data from the phase 3 CheckMate 9ER trial, which looked at nivolumab and cabozantinib in patients with previously untreated advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Laurence Albigès, MD, PhD, speaks to how patients with treatment-naïve advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma can benefit from treatment with nivolumab and ipilimumab.

Laurence Albigès, MD, PhD, shares updated key findings from the phase 3 CheckMate 214 trial.

Gennady Bratslavsky, MD, spoke about the evolving field of surgery for renal cell carcinoma at the 15th Annual Interdisciplinary Prostate Cancer Congress® and Other Genitourinary Malignancies.

Gennady Bratslavsky, MD, spoke about the evolution for treatments in renal cell carcinoma and how surgery may play a role.

Laurence Albigès, MD, PhD, speaks to the patient population included in the phase 3 CheckMate 214 trial, assessing nivolumab plus ipilimumab in patients with treatment-naïve advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma.