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What is your preferred approach to low volume unresectable/metastatic favorable risk RCC?

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What's your preferred approach to low volume unresectable/metastatic good risk RCC?

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Medical Oncology · VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center
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For good-risk metastatic RCC patients, who are considered not a candidate for cytoreductive nephrectomy, systemic therapy with one of the IO/TKI combinations is indicated, taking into consideration the patient’s comorbidity and tolerance to the regimen. (For non-clear cell metastatic RCCs, systemic ...

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Medical Oncology · University of Mississippi Medical Center
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The IMDC criteria were created to be prognostic but not predictive of treatment response. Until or unless a predictive biomarker is found, all treatment options listed could be appropriate (although the use of nivolumab and ipilimumab may not be approved by insurance), and a shared decision should b...

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