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Even with the increase of immunotherapy utilization to treat patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, more research is needed to determine in which order to administer it as later lines of therapy.

Therapies that target specific characteristics on kidney cancer cells are showing promise in the space, an expert explained.

With new treatments being explored, it’s an exciting time for patients with kidney cancer, an expert explained.

An expert explained what aspects of a patient’s disease cancer care teams use to determine the best treatment options for patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma.

Patients with BAP1-mutated renal cell carcinoma who were treated with Lynparza obtained responses with favorable side effect profiles.

An expert gives an overview of up-and-coming treatments for patients with kidney cancer.

Long-term follow-up data showed that Lenvima plus Keytruda continued to show benefit in patients with metastatic kidney cancer.

Immunotherapy combinations tended to improve outcomes for patients with metastatic kidney cancer who go on to receive surgery.

Radiation is an emerging treatment modality in kidney cancer. Research shows that it is effective and helps patients maintain a good quality of life.

Keytruda after nephrectomy improved disease-free survival rates in patients with clear cell renal cell carcinoma regardless of disease risk or stage.

Responses to treatment with Lenvima plus Keytruda for advanced renal cell carcinoma were present regardless of PD-L1 status.

Patients with Medicaid or no insurance may have worse survival outcomes compared with Medicare or private insurance in those with metastatic renal cell carcinoma.

Immigrant and foreign-born cancer survivors experience several disparities that suggest barriers to care and “may portent worse health outcomes in cancer survivorship,” according to researchers.

Patients 60 years and older with gastrointestinal cancers who reported inadequate emotional support were more likely to have poorer physical and mental quality of life, although no effect was observed in overall survival.

Patients with cancer undergoing immunotherapy treatment did not have increased hospitalizations or serious side effects after getting the flu shot.

Jaktinib significantly improved spleen volume reduction rates compared with hydroxyurea in intermediate- to high-risk myelofibrosis.

An expert discusses the ongoing SPARK trial for KRASG12-mutant non-small cell lung cancer, and what she hopes for the future of this patient population.

Watch Dr. Rami Komrokji and Dr. John O. Mascarenhas answer questions about myelofibrosis during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Patients with a subtype of lymphoma may be able to exclude radiotherapy if they respond to chemoimmunotherapy, although more follow-up is needed to assess potential long-term toxicities.

Watch Dr. John O. Mascarenhas, from Icahn School of Medicine, discuss novel therapies in myelofibrosis during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Rami Komrokji, from Moffitt Cancer Center, discuss risk stratification and management of myelofibrosis during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Nikolai Podoltsev, Dr. Jerry Spivak and Amy Lane answer questions about polycythemia vera during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Jerry Spivak, from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, discuss what is on the horizon in the management of polycythemia vera during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Most patients with nonmetastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer were able to stay on their therapies long-term, research showed.

Findings from a phase 3 trial demonstrated that half of patients with FLT3-ITD-mutant acute myeloid leukemia and detectable minimal residual risk derived a relapse-free survival benefit with Xospata.

Watch Dr. Nikolai Podoltsev, from Yale School of Medicine, discuss the current management of polycythemia vera during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Watch Dr. Lucia Masarova, Dr. Laura C. Michaelis and Celia Militz answer questions about essential thrombocythemia during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

CAR-T cell therapies have not always been easy to access for patients with myeloma, though that is slowly changing, an expert explained.

Watch Dr. Laura C. Michaelis, from the Medical College of Wisconsin, discuss the current and future management of essential thrombocythemia during the CURE® Educated Patient® MPN Summit.

Patients with inactive early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia may benefit from a wait-and-watch approach compared with immediate treatment with Imbruvica, findings from a phase 3 trial showed.