Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer-Systemic Therapy

Management of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) has evolved considerably in the past 10 years due to better understanding of tumor biology. This development has changed mRCC to a chronic progressive disease with several lines of treatment options. The introduction of several new targeted therapies including immunotherapy has improved median overall survival of approximately 1 year to >2 years in mRCC.

Indian journal of surgical oncology. 2018 Jan 29 [Epub]

Amit Joshi, Arvind Sahu, Vanita Noronha, Vijay Patil, Kumar Prabhash

Department of Medical Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.