Systemic treatment of advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the context of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: recommendations from the interdisciplinary working group for renal tumors (IAG-N)

Philipp Ivanyi; Carsten Grüllich; Nils Kroeger; Thomas Gauler; Manfred Johannsen; Jens Bedke; Viktor Grünwald; Interdisciplinary working group on renal tumors (IAG-N) of the German Cancer Socity (DKG)

doi:10.1007/s00432-020-03341-4

Systemic treatment of advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the context of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: recommendations from the interdisciplinary working group for renal tumors (IAG-N)

J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2020 Nov;146(11):3075-3078. doi: 10.1007/s00432-020-03341-4. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Authors

Philipp Ivanyi^{1

2}, Carsten Grüllich³, Nils Kroeger^{4

5}, Thomas Gauler⁶, Manfred Johannsen⁷, Jens Bedke⁸, Viktor Grünwald⁹; Interdisciplinary working group on renal tumors (IAG-N) of the German Cancer Socity (DKG)

Affiliations

¹ Department of Hematology, Hemostasis, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
² Immunonclogical COoperative Group (ICOG) of the Comprehensive Cancer Center Lower Saxoney, Hannover (CCC-N), Hannover, Germany.
³ Genitourinary Oncology, Department of Urology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁴ Department of Urology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
⁵ Urologie-Altstadtquartier Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen of the University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.
⁷ Urology and Urooncology Practice Berlin, Vice Chairman d-uo (Deutsche Uro-Onkologen), Berlin, Germany.
⁸ Department of Urology, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str. 3, 72076, Tübingen, Germany. jens.bedke@med.uni-tuebingen.de.
⁹ Interdisciplinary Genitourinary Oncology, West-German Cancer Center Essen Clinic for Medical Oncology and Clinic for Urology OZ1, University Hospital Essen (AöR), Room 2.073 Hufelandstraße 55, 45147, Essen, Germany. viktor.gruenwald@uk-essen.de.

Abstract

This letter summarizes recommendations from the interdisciplinary working group of renal tumors (IAGN) of the German Cancer Society for the systemic treatment of advanced/metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the context of the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents* / therapeutic use
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Carcinoma, Renal Cell* / drug therapy
Coronavirus Infections*
Humans
Kidney Neoplasms* / drug therapy
Pandemics*
Pneumonia, Viral*
Practice Guidelines as Topic
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents