Skeletal muscle density predicts prognosis in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma treated with targeted therapies.

Background: Studies have shown that skeletal muscle and adipose tissue are linked to overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS). Because targeted therapies have improved the outcome in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC), new prognostic parameters are required. The objective of the current study was to analyze whether body composition parameters play a prognostic role in patients with mRCC.

[Fever and infectious complications in patient with lung cancer].

The respiratory infections are very frequent during lung cancer. Their diagnosis is often difficult because of the various etiologies (cancer, chemotherapy, radiotherapy) and this complexity can make discuss a preliminary bronchial exploration before any therapeutics. When it is about a located infection, germs in cause are often the same that in the community respiratory infections, in particular bacilli Gram negative, and it is thus logical to treat by the penicillin A.