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Renal Cell Carcinoma (Grawitz Tumor) Summary

Description: A heterogeneous group of sporadic or hereditary carcinoma derived from cells of the KIDNEYS. There are several subtypes including the clear cells, the papillary, the chromophobe, the collecting duct, the spindle cells (sarcomatoid), or mixed cell-type carcinoma.

Also Known As: Grawitz Tumor; Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma; Hypernephroma; Carcinoma, Renal Cell; Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma Show All >>

Networked: 13462 relevant articles (807 outcomes, 2238 trials/studies) for this Disease

Key Drugs and Agents for Renal Cell Carcinoma

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. sunitinib (Sutent) : 129 outcomes 187 studies in 890 results : FDA 2
  2. Interleukin-2 (IL2) : 88 outcomes 227 studies in 868 results : IBA
  3. sorafenib (BAY 43-9006) : 72 outcomes 153 studies in 554 results : FDA 1
  4. Interferon-alpha (Interferon Alfa) : 60 outcomes 148 studies in 528 results : FDA 2
  5. Protein-Tyrosine Kinases (Tyrosine Kinase) : 51 outcomes 41 studies in 397 results : IBA
  6. Interferons : 41 outcomes 97 studies in 385 results : IBA
  7. temsirolimus : 36 outcomes 43 studies in 185 results : FDA 1
  8. everolimus : 34 outcomes 65 studies in 212 results : FDA 2
  9. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor) : 27 outcomes 74 studies in 463 results : IBA
  10. bevacizumab : 24 outcomes 56 studies in 160 results : FDA 2
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Diseases Related to Renal Cell Carcinoma

  1. Neoplasms (Cancer)
  2. Neoplasm Metastasis (Metastasis)
  3. Melanoma (Melanoma, Malignant)
  4. Breast Neoplasms (Breast Cancer)
  5. Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor)
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Key Therapies for Renal Cell Carcinoma

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  1. Nephrectomy : 112 outcomes 214 studies in 2814 results
  2. Immunotherapy : 50 outcomes 95 studies in 613 results
  3. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy) : 25 outcomes 35 studies in 429 results
  4. Radiotherapy : 16 outcomes 16 studies in 198 results
  5. Heterologous Transplantation (Xenotransplantation) : 10 outcomes 18 studies in 135 results
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