Adjuvant Treatment of High-risk Renal Cell Carcinoma: Leaving the Desert?

Eur Urol

Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: May 2017

In a recent trial, adjuvant treatment with sunitinib significantly prolonged disease-free survival compared to placebo. This positive result is muted by the rate of side effects and overtreatment, raising the question of proper patient and agent selection in the adjuvant setting.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eururo.2016.10.023DOI Listing

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