Response of papillary renal cell carcinoma in a solitary kidney to high dose interleukin therapy |
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Authors: | ERIC K DINER MARSTON LINEHAN MCCLELLAN WALTHER |
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Affiliation: | Urologic Oncology Branch, CCR/NCI/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA. |
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Abstract: | Kidney cancer affects 36 000 Americans annually and is responsible for nearly 12 000 deaths every year in the US. Treatment with interleukin-2 (IL-2), the only FDA approved therapy for patients with advanced kidney cancer, is associated with a 10% complete response and a 12% partial response. To date, clear cell renal carcinoma has been the only histological type associated with response to IL-2-based therapy. In the current report, we describe a response to IL-2 therapy in a patient with type I papillary renal carcinoma. |
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Keywords: | papillary kidney neoplasms interleukin-2 immunotherapy |
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