Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer consensus statement on immunotherapy for the treatment of renal cell carcinoma

Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Rini, Brian I ^a   McDermott, David F ^b   Hammers, Hans ^c   Bro, William ^d   Bukowski, Ronald M ^a   Faba, Bernard ^e   Faba, Jo ^e   Figlin, Robert A ^f   Hutson, Thomas ^g   Jonasch, Eric ^h   Joseph, Richard W ⁱ   Leibovich, Bradley C ^j   Olencki, Thomas ^k   Pantuck, Allan J ^l   Quinn, David I ^m   Seery, Virginia ^b   Voss, Martin H ⁿ   Wood, Christopher G ^h   Wood, Laura S ^a   Atkins, Michael B ^o  

^a TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER HARVARD CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kidney Cancer Association   (United States)

^e Patient and Patient Advocate   (United States)

^f CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^j MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^k THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁿ MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^o GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Guidelines; Immunotherapy; Renal cell carcinoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ATEZOLIZUMAB; AVELUMAB; AXITINIB; BEVACIZUMAB; DURVALUMAB; EVEROLIMUS; INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; IPILIMUMAB; LENVATINIB; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; NIVOLUMAB; PAZOPANIB; PEMBROLIZUMAB; PROGRAMMED DEATH 1 RECEPTOR; SUNITINIB; TICILIMUMAB; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOLOGICAL ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE COURSE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY METASTASIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOCIETY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY TUMOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; RENAL CELL CARCINOMA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84998693391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20511426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40425-016-0180-7     Document Type: Article

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