The 37th Annual European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress 2022 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, where data from the CLEAR study, a Phase III randomised controlled trial evaluating lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab combination therapy against sunitinib as first-line treatment in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma, were presented.
The symposium was chaired by Axel Bex, The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, UK and included expert opinions from Tom Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University, London, UK, Viktor Grünwald, University Hospital Essen, Germany, and Michael Staehler, University Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians, University of Munich, Germany.
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EMJ. Recent advances in the first-line management of advanced renal cell carcinoma: focus on the role of lenvatinib plus pembrolizumab combination treatment. 2022. Available at: https://www.emjreviews.com/urology/video/recent-advances-in-the-first-line-management-of-advanced-renal-cell-carcinoma-focus-on-the-role-of-lenvatinib-plus-pembrolizumab-combination-treatment. Last accessed: 16/09/2022.
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