In this video, Grant Stewart, MD, discusses future research based on the results from the study, “NAXIVA – a phase II neoadjuvant study of axitinib for reducing extent of venous tumor thrombus in clear cell renal cell cancer with venous invasion: translational results.” Stewart is a professor of surgical oncology and honorary consultant urological surgeon at the University of Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.
Grant awarded to aid development of allogeneic CAR T treatment for RCC
April 29th 2024“This clinical study has the potential to demonstrate the value of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy in solid cancers such as kidney cancer with a high unmet medical need,” said Abla Creasey, PhD.
Updated data show survival benefit with adjuvant pembrolizumab in ccRCC
April 19th 2024“This is the first study to show a statistically significant and clinically meaningful survival improvement with any adjuvant therapy in kidney cancer, and this further supports adjuvant pembrolizumab as a standard of care after surgery in this disease setting,” says Toni K. Choueiri, MD.
Dr. Richard Matulewicz discusses smoking cessation counseling and treatment among urologists
March 31st 2021“Because so many disease processes that we deal with are related to tobacco use and smoking specifically… I think this is absolutely our domain,” says Richard S. Matulewicz, MD, of tobacco cessation counseling and treatment.