Kidney cancer affects over 80,000 Americans annually, with renal cell carcinoma as the dominant type. Benjamin R. Lee, MD, MBA, outlines current AUA guideline recommendations, including when to…
Dr. Allison Betof Warner from Stanford University joins Rahul Gosain, MD and Rohit Gosain, MD, on the Oncology Brothers podcast to discuss melanoma treatment. The conversation covers the…
A preliminary clinical study looking at previously untreated metastatic melanoma showed promising results when treating with the combination of an IL-2 signaling agonist and nivolumab. Primary trial objectives…
Early data from the phase III CheckMate 067 trial, reported in September 2017, showed that patients with advanced melanoma treated with nivolumab, with or without ipilimumab, maintained their quality…
Authors of an article published in Clinical Genitourinary Cancer analyzed aspects of laparoscopic treatment of renal cell cancer during pregnancy. Led by Lucio Dell’Atti of the Department of…
A retrospective study’s multivariate analysis suggests that in the treatment of early invasive melanoma, the use of Mohs micrographic surgery is associated with better outcomes when compared with…
Despite an abundance of preclinical evidence supporting the treatment strategy of combining an IDO1 inhibitor with anti-PD-1/PD-L1 immunotherapy, the results of a recent clinical trial were unable to confirm…
In an observational comparative effectiveness study of targeted vs non-targeted therapy for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), older patients saw modest survival advantages when treated with targeted therapies.…
