Quality of Life in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: Effect of Treatment with Cytokine Therapy and Targeted Agents
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer and its’ incidence is increasing steadily worldwide. Due to the asymptomatic nature of the disease it is often diagnosed in advanced stages and treatment options have been limited. Sympto
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Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2906
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Treatment for Advanced RCC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2907 Cytokine Therapy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2907 Targeted Agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910 Multikinase Inhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2910 Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Anti-Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2911 Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Inhibitors (mTOR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2911
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Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2912 Assessment of PRO Using Validated Questionnaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2912 Evaluation of Change in Symptom Response/QoL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2912
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Quality of Life in Advanced RCC Patient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2914 Effects of Cytokine Therapy and Other Non-Targeted Agents on Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2914 4.2 Effect of Targeted Therapy on Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2917 4.2.1 Mutikinase Inhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2917 4.2.2 Mammalian Target of Rapamycin (mTOR) Inhibitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2919 5
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2919 Summary Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2920 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2920
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Quality of Life in Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma
Abstract: Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) is the most common type of kidney cancer and its’ incidence is increasing steadily worldwide. Due to the asymptomatic nature of the disease it is often diagnosed in advanced stages and treatment options have been limited. Symptoms of the advanced disease along with side-effects of available treatment options can
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