Published 14 February 2021
(UroToday.com) The 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary (GU) Cancers Symposium included a Best of Journals: Renal Cell Carcinoma Session with Dr. Saby George from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute presenting impactful papers from the medical oncology perspective.
The first paper discussed by Dr. George was Motzer et al. s “Nivolumab Versus Everolimus in Patients with Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: Updated Results with Long-Term Follow-Up of the Randomized, Open-Label, Phase 3 CheckMate 025 Trial” was published in
Cancer.
1 CheckMate 025 previously showed superior efficacy for nivolumab over everolimus in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma along with improved safety and tolerability.