[Recent advancements in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma--focus on international guidelines]

Abstract

Recent advances in understanding the fundamental biology underlying clear-cell RCC have opened the door to a series of targeted agents, such as tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) or mTOR inhibitors. These new agents have become the standard of care in managing advanced clear-cell RCC. Choice of initial medical management in patients with metastatic clear-cell RCC should be guided by randomised studies. On the evidence available, the first-line therapy in patients with good- or intermediate-risk mRCC should be either sunitinib or pazopanib, or bevacizumab plus interferon. In selected patients sorafenib is an option, as is high-dose interleukin-2 if performance status is good. In patients with poor prognosis, temsirolimus is recommended. In cytokine refractory patients, sorafenib, when patients have progressed on a tyrosine kinase inhibitor everolimus is the agent of choice. Biró K, Küronya Z. Recent advancements in the treatment of renal cell carcinoma - focus on international guidelines.