The third quarter of 2026 was defined less by new readouts than by regulatory follow-through. Data from ASCO GU and the ASCO Annual Meeting turned into FDA approvals in muscle-invasive bladder cancer and metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer, and biomarker-selected strategies moved firmly…
Journal Club selections are curated by the Kidney Cancer Journal editorial team based on clinical significance, study design rigor, and potential impact on practice. Full-text access available via PubMed and respective journal platforms.
Belzutifan plus lenvatinib versus cabozantinib in patients with previously…
█ For kidney cancer, ESMO 2026 has one of its most concentrated programmes in years. Nearly all of the practice-relevant renal data come on a single day, Sunday, October 25. The morning Proffered Paper session puts both phase 3 belzutifan readouts, a…
Moshe C. Ornstein1,#, Xiayan Ye2,3, Sumita Dutta2,3, Venkateshwari Varadharajan2,3, Wei Wei4, Marcelo Lamenza1, Monaben Patel5, C. Marcela Diaz-Montero5, J. Mark Brown2,3,6,#, and Abhishek A. Chakraborty5,6,#Ϯ
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The diagnosis and treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) is challenging. Drug combinations targeting…
1. Introduction and Background
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is frequently detected incidentally on imaging tests performed for other reasons, and its incidence continues to increase, particularly in the elderly (1). Although surgical resection of the tumor remains the treatment of choice…
Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD
Editor-in-Chief.
Dear Colleagues,
This has been an unusually productive stretch for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) research, and the Third Quarter 2026 issue of Kidney Cancer Journal reflects that momentum. Between the follow-through from ASCO's Genitourinary…
Perspectives synthesized from ASCO 2026 presenter and discussant sessions and post-meeting expert commentary. Prepared for educational purposes by the Kidney Cancer Journal editorial team.
Toni K. Choueiri, MD, FASCO. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. Presenter — LITESPARK-022 and KEYNOTE-564 ctDNA Analysis…
Andrea Lopez Sanmiguel1, Dilara Akbulut1, Jeff Chen1, Yash S. Khandwala1, Paul Russo1†
Affiliations:
1 Department of Surgery, Urology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Abstract
Horseshoe kidney is the most common renal fusion…
doi.org/10.52733/ASCO26Summary
Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD, FACP
Editor-in-Chief, Kidney Cancer Journal
A Summary Report for the Global Oncology Community
Chicago, Illinois | May 29 – June 2, 2026 | Kidney Cancer Journal, Volume 24…
Thomas E. Hutson, DO, PharmD, FACP
EDITORIAL NOTE | Editor-in-Chief, Kidney Cancer Journal
There is a particular kind of optimism that belongs only to a field in the midst of genuine transformation…
