Initial Clinical Impression Description

Nivolumab monotherapy plus salvage nivolumab/ipilimumab demonstrated superior treatment-free survival rates among patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, especially in patients with favorable risk profiles.

In this episode of Emerging Experts, Peter Zang, MD, highlights research on baseline CD8 lymph node avidity with 89-Zr-crefmirlimab for the treatment of patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma and response to immunotherapy.

With the approval of belzutifan and other newer data for treating patients with recurrent renal cell carcinoma, the state of subsequent therapies is advancing beyond the reuse of frontline options with impacts on duration of response and quality of life.

In our 4th episode of Emerging Experts, Minas P. Economides, MD, unveils the challenges and opportunities for renal cell carcinoma treatment, focusing on the lack of therapies available in the second-line setting.

Adjuvant pembrolizumab had an estimated 91.2% overall survival rate after 4 years compared with 86.0% for patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma who received a placebo.

During a Case-Based Roundtable® event, Shilpa Gupta, MD, led a discussion on what factors influence physician decision making for frontline therapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the first article of a 2-part series.