Bilateral synchronous renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is rare, especially in sporadic rather than familial cases. While immunotherapy has improved prognosis, RCC remains a diagnosis with significant morbidity and mortality, particularly pronounced in patients with sarcomatoid RCC (sRCC). We describe a case of a patient with bilateral, synchronous, nonfamilial RCC, with and without sarcomatoid features and differing genetic markers, who demonstrated a pathologic response after neoadjuvant nivolumab and ipilimumab.
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