Combination immunotherapy in a patient with hemodialysis therapy and metachronous bilateral clear cell renal cell carcinoma: Case report and literature review.

Urol Case Rep

Clinical Oncologist. Department of Hematoncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Fundación Valle del Lili, Cali, Colombia.

Published: November 2022

Combination immunotherapy is a treatment strategy in patients with renal cell carcinoma that has proved to be effective in phase III randomized clinical trials. These studies do not include patients with end stage kidney disease on hemodialysis. We discuss this case about a patient with metachronous bilateral clear cell renal cell carcinoma, managed with bilateral nephrectomy and ulterior requirement of hemodialysis, with lung and intestinal progression, managed with combination immunotherapy, with a partial response and absence of adverse effects related to treatment.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9529540PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eucr.2022.102242DOI Listing

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