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ArticleBMJ case reports2019

Robust response to nivolumab in patient with renal cell carcinoma inferior vena cava tumour thrombus.

Joel Berends, Eric Gourley, Dharam Kaushik

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Joel BerendsDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Eric GourleyDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Dharam KaushikDepartment of Urology, University of Texas Health, San Antonio, Texas, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 47-year-old previously healthy man presented with acute moderate flank pain. Evaluation revealed left renal cell carcinoma, with inferior vena cava tumour thrombus invasion. Patient had no significant history or risk factors to pre-dispose him to genitourinary cancers. Surgery was deemed to not be appropriate due to distant metastases, but patient received targeted molecular therapy and immunotherapy with striking regression of the thrombus.

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AftercareAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalCarcinoma, Renal CellHumansKidney NeoplasmsMaleMiddle AgedNivolumabPositron Emission Tomography Computed TomographySolitary Pulmonary NoduleThrombosisTreatment OutcomeVena Cava, InferiorVenous ThrombosisAntineoplastic Agents, ImmunologicalNivolumabcancer interventionimmunological products and vaccinesurological surgeryurology

Identifiers

PMID31015235
PMCPMC6506063

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