Oncologists discuss the need for more data on treatment duration in advanced RCC, emphasize the value of long-term patient follow-ups, and highlight the translational focus of the KCRS annual meeting, which combines clinical and early-stage research for renal cell carcinoma.
Robert Motzer, MD, and Elizabeth Plimack, MD, discuss clinical findings in the treatment of advanced RCC from the recent KCRS 2023 meeting, emphasizing the significance of circulating tumor cells, advances in imaging, and the potential of adjuvant therapies, particularly pembrolizumab.
Drs Elizabeth Plimack and Robert Motzer discuss the long-term toxicities of combination lenvatinib/pembrolizumab in patients with advanced RCC, highlighting fatigue, GI discomfort, hand-foot syndrome, liver toxicity, thyroid toxicity, and proteinuria.
Experts detail their approaches to dosing combination lenvatinib and pembrolizumab for patients with advanced RCC, emphasizing individualized treatment for balanced efficacy and toxicity.
Elizabeth Plimack, MD, and Robert Motzer, MD, explain their preferences between TKI-IO combination therapies for patients with advanced RCC considering efficacy, side effects, and specific patient factors.