Immunotherapy as First-Line Treatment in Advanced RCC

New data are set to change the paradigm for the first-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), after a phase 3 trial showed significantly improved overall survival (OS) with immunotherapy in comparison to standard care with sunitinib (Sutent,...

Minimally Invasive Surgery for Esophageal Cancer

A minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure to resect esophageal cancer dramatically reduces postoperative morbidity in comparison with open surgery, and also appears to improve survival. The new results from MIRO, a randomized, controlled trial in which the two...

ESMO Highlights

Targeted therapy and immunotherapy in oncology took center stage once again at Europe’s leading oncology meeting, as new data showed that the drugs are effective not only in the palliative setting but also in earlier stages of the disease. The European Society...