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Immunotherapy and targeted-therapy combinations mark a new era of kidney cancer treatment

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Results from the latest phase 3 clinical trial testing combinations of immunotherapy and tyrosine-kinase inhibitors for advanced kidney cancer improve standard first-line treatment options for patients.

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  1. Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA

    Tian Zhang & Daniel J. George

  2. Duke Cancer Institute Center for Prostate & Urologic Cancers, Durham, NC, USA

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T.Z. has received research funding (to Duke) from Pfizer, Janssen, Acerta, Abbvie, Novartis, Merrimack, OmniSeq, PGDx, Merck, Mirati, Astellas and Regeneron; has received consulting/speaking fees from Genentech Roche, Exelixis, Genomic Health and Sanofi Aventis; reports serving on an advisory board and/or consulting for AstraZeneca, Bayer, Pfizer, Foundation Medicine, Janssen, Amgen, MJH Associates, Merck, BMS, Pharmacyclics, Seattle Genetics, Calithera and Dendreon; and reports stock ownership and/or employment (spouse) with Capio Biosciences and Archimmune Therapeutics. D.J.G. has received research support (to Duke) from Acerta, Astellas, BMS, Bayer, Calithera, Exelixis, Janssen, Myovant, Pfizer, Novartis and Sanofi Aventis; and consulting fees from Vizuri Health sciences, UroToday, Sanofi, Pfizer, Nektar, Myovant, Modra, Merck, Ipsen, Flatiron, Exelixis, Capio, EMD Serono, BMS, Bayer, AstraZeneca and Astellas.

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Zhang, T., George, D.J. Immunotherapy and targeted-therapy combinations mark a new era of kidney cancer treatment. Nat Med 27, 586–588 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-021-01320-x

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