█ 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…
#Equal Contributions as Senior/Supervising Authors
ϮAddress Correspondence:
Abhishek A. Chakraborty, PhD
Department of Cancer Sciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH
E-mail: chakraa@ccf.org
Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest with this study.
INTRODUCTION
Clinical outcomes for patients…
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…
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…
Selected by the Editor-in-Chief | Kidney Cancer Journal, Volume 24(2)
Primary data drawn from ASCO 2026 presentations, JCO supplement abstracts, press releases, and peer-reviewed commentary.
Abstract 1 — LBA418
LITESPARK-022: Pembrolizumab Plus Belzutifan Versus Pembrolizumab Plus Placebo as Adjuvant Therapy for Clear…
May 29–June 2, 2026 | Chicago, IL
Senthil Pazhanisamy, BPharma, MS, PhD.
Overview
The 2026 ASCO Annual Meeting arrives at a critical inflection point for renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The February ASCO GU Symposium in San Francisco delivered a rapid sequence of…
Nitinkumar Moradiya
University Of Sunderland, Harbour Exchange Square, E14 9GE, London, United Kingdom.
ABSTRACT
Background: Kidney cancer is an emerging public health concern in India, with rising incidence rates and a significant economic burden. While global research has identified common risk…
This narrative review summarizes the current evidence for molecular and genomic biomarkers in SRM risk stratification and evaluates their potential clinical role.
First-line benmelstobart plus anlotinib versus sunitinib in advanced renal cell carcinoma (ETER100): a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial
Citation: Zhou A, et al. Lancet Oncology. 2025 Sep;26(9):1145–1157.
Methods: ETER100 was a multicentre, randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial at 37 sites in China. Patients aged…
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