| Literature DB >> 12537937 |
Abstract
Recent randomized prospective trials have suggested that cytoreductive nephrectomy confers a survival advantage in patients with metastatic renal cancer who receive immunotherapy with interferon-alfa-2b. It appears that the patients most benefiting from this approach are those with good performance status, lung-only metastases, and adequate cardiac and pulmonary reserve. Nonrandomized trials have further suggested that this survival advantage may be extended in patients who receive more aggressive interleukin-2-based immunotherapy.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12537937 DOI: 10.1007/s11934-003-0055-6
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Urol Rep ISSN: 1527-2737 Impact factor: 2.862