Neoadjuvant sutent induction therapy may effectively down-stage renal cell carcinoma atrial thrombi.
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A 75-yr-old previously healthy woman presented with gross hematuria, European Cooperative Oncology Group 0, and an 11-cm renal mass with right atrial thrombus. The patient refused the sternotomy. She was offered two cycles of sunitinib maleate (Sutent) induction therapy to down-stage the thrombus and to reduce the extent of the surgery.
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South West Urologists' Club, May 1990 Meeting
Carcinoma of the kidney accounts for 1-2% of all malignances. Surgery remains the only 'curative therapy available with the prognosis worsening with advancing stage. Renal cell carcinoma is unique in producing tumour thrombi which grow a'?ng the renal vein, inferior vena cava and may ultimately invade the right atrium. Although such venous involvement places the tumour in a higher stage (stage ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- European urology
دوره 53 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008