Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
An interim analysis of the CHECKMATE920 phase IIIb/IV clinical trial found that renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients with brain metastasis show encouraging anti-tumor activity in response to nivolumab…
Results from the CARMENA trial, presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology suggest that cytoreductive nephrectomy should no longer be considered the…
Findings from a planned sub-analysis of clinical trial data comparing treatment options for renal cell carcinoma patients (RCC) with sacromatoid history were presented at the 2019 American Society…
A pilot study showing improved outcomes for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients who were treated with immune checkpoint therapy after surgery, as compared with just immune checkpoint…
Recurrence after metastasectomy is common for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC). In this study, treating with pazopanib after metastasectomy was shown to offer no additional survival…
